coco

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 2 French 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Portuguese 3.1 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Related terms

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coco (plural cocos)

1. 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.

2. 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.

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[edit] French

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coco m. (plural cocos)

1. Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de coco

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• noix de coco

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[edit] Portuguese

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coco m.

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

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[edit] Spanish

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coco m. (plural cocos)

1. coconut
2. (colloquial) head (because of a slight resemblance to a head); brain
3. (colloquial, Chile) testicle

[edit] Related terms

• cocotero (1)
• cocotal (1)