Coconut - Definition

n 1: the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use
in e.g. cakes and curries [syn: coconut, coconut meat]
2: large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing
thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when
fresh) with fluid or milk [syn: coconut, cocoanut]
3: tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted
throughout the tropics [syn: coconut, coconut palm, coco
palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos
nucifera]