coco
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coco (plural cocos)
- Coconut palm.
- 1992, Frances Temple, Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti[1], page 52:
- I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.
- 1992, Frances Temple, Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti[1], page 52:
- Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
- 1813, John Adams, “A Voyage to South America”, in John Pinkerton ed., A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World[2], page 355:
- The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed; […]
- 2007, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, Frommer's Caribbean 2008[3], ISBN 0470145633, page 468:
- You might opt for a heaping tower composed of fried oysters, coco-flavored shrimp, fried octopus, and calamari.
- 1813, John Adams, “A Voyage to South America”, in John Pinkerton ed., A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World[2], page 355:
[edit] French
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coco m. (plural cocos)
- Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de coco
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[edit] Portuguese
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coco m.
- coconut (fruit of coco palm)
This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at coconut. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see coco in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
[edit] Spanish
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coco m. (plural cocos)
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- coconut
- (colloquial) head (because of a slight resemblance to a head); brain
- (colloquial, Chile) testicle