coconut

Word family nouncoconutcoconut mattingcoconut shycoco

Related topics: Food, dish, Plants, Cooking

co·co·nut /ˈkəʊkənʌt $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun

[countableC]DFFHBP the large brown seed of a tropical tree, which has a hard shell containing white flesh that you can eat and a milky liquid that you can drink 椰子

large tropical gardens of coconut palms

大型热带椰树园

→4 See picture of 见图 FRUIT →5 see picture at 见图 fruit, nut

2 [uncountableU]DFC the white flesh of a coconut, often used in cooking 椰肉

desiccated coconut (=dried coconut)

椰肉干

Examples from the Corpus

coconut• He canna climb up a tree for a coconut, he canna go up the mountain for wild bananas.• As easy as tossing a coconut into the ocean or finding a fat man's belly with the suntan lotion.• Stir in flour and coconut and mix in dried fruit and chopped cherries.• Remove from heat and add crumbs, coconut and nuts.• Thyme is sometimes described as having aromas of peppermint, nutmeg, tangerine, pine, coconut, and varnish.• shredded coconut• But there are the coconut chips.• Just inside the vestibule there was coconut matting, and seeing this Mum looked about then began to wipe her feet.• My sister is looking for a recipe for haystacks, which are a vanilla-flavored candy with coconut.

Origin coconut

(1600-1700) coco “coconut” ((16-18 centuries)) (from Portuguese, “grinning face”; because the bottom of a coconut, with its three spots, looks like a face) + nut

词汇	coconut
释义	coconut Word family nouncoconutcoconut mattingcoconut shycoco Related topics: Food, dish, Plants, Cooking co·co·nut /ˈkəʊkənʌt $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun 1 [countableC]DFFHBP the large brown seed of a tropical tree, which has a hard shell containing white flesh that you can eat and a milky liquid that you can drink 椰子 large tropical gardens of coconut palms 大型热带椰树园 →4 See picture of 见图 FRUIT →5 see picture at 见图 fruit, nut 2 [uncountableU]DFC the white flesh of a coconut, often used in cooking 椰肉 desiccated coconut (=dried coconut) 椰肉干 Examples from the Corpus coconut• He canna climb up a tree for a coconut, he canna go up the mountain for wild bananas.• As easy as tossing a coconut into the ocean or finding a fat man's belly with the suntan lotion.• Stir in flour and coconut and mix in dried fruit and chopped cherries.• Remove from heat and add crumbs, coconut and nuts.• Thyme is sometimes described as having aromas of peppermint, nutmeg, tangerine, pine, coconut, and varnish.• shredded coconut• But there are the coconut chips.• Just inside the vestibule there was coconut matting, and seeing this Mum looked about then began to wipe her feet.• My sister is looking for a recipe for haystacks, which are a vanilla-flavored candy with coconut. Origin coconut (1600-1700) coco “coconut” ((16-18 centuries)) (from Portuguese, “grinning face”; because the bottom of a coconut, with its three spots, looks like a face) + nut
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