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coconut (plural coconuts)
- The fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
- The hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
- The edible white flesh of this fruit.
- The coconut palm.
- (pejorative) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare banana (“East Asian who acts white”).
- (South Africa, pejorative) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare banana (“East Asian who acts white”).
- (New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
- (slang) A female breast.
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fruit of coco palm
- Albanian: kokosit (sq)
- Arabic: جَوْزَةُ الهِنْد (ar) (jawza(t) al-hind) f., أرجِيلَة (ar) (arjiila(t)) f.
- Armenian: կոկոս (hy) (kokos), հնդկական ընկույզ (hy) (hndkakan ënkuyz), հնդկընկույզ (hy) (hndkënkuyz)
- Basque: koko (eu)
- Bulgarian: кокос (bg) (kokós) m., кокосов орех (mk) (kokósov oréh) m.
- Burmese: အုန်း (my) (óun)
- Catalan: coco (ca) m.
- Cebuano: please add this translation if you can
- Chamicuro: koko
- Chinese:
- Croatian: kokos (hr) m., kokosov orah (hr) m.
- Czech: kokos (cs) m.
- Danish: kokosnød (da) c.
- Dutch: kokosnoot (nl) f.
- Esperanto: kokoso (eo), kokosnukso (eo)
- Finnish: kookospähkinä (fi)
- French: noix de coco (fr) f.
- Georgian: ქოქოსი (ka) (k'ok'osi)
- German: Kokosnuss (de) f.
- Greek: καρύδα (el) (karýda) f.
- Hawaiian: niu
- Hebrew: קוקוס (he) (kokos) m.
- Hindi: नारिकेल (hi) (nārikel)
- Hungarian: kókusz (hu)
- Icelandic: kókoshneta (is) f.
- Ido: kokoso (io)
- Italian: noce di cocco (it) f.
- Japanese: ココナッツ (ja) (kokonattsu), 椰子の実 (ja) (やしのみ, yashi no mi)
- Kannada: ತೆಂಗು (kn) (temgu), ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (kn) (temginakaayi), ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (kn) (naarikeeḷa)
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- Korean: 코코넛 (ko) (kokoneot)
- Lao: ນາລິກາ (lo) (naalikaa)
- Luxembourgish: Kokosnoss (lb) f.
- Macedonian: кокос (mk) (kókos) m., кокосов орев (mk) (kókosov órev) m.
- Malay: kelapa (ms)
- Malayalam: തെങ്ങ് (ml) (teṅṅ)
- Maltese: kokonat (mt), ġewża ta' l-Indi (mt)
- Navajo: mágí bichʼiyąʼ
- Norwegian: kokosnøtt (no) f. and m.
- Ojibwe: gichi-mitigwaabaagomin
- Persian: نارگیل (fa) (nârgil)
- Polish: kokos (pl) m.
- Portuguese: coco (pt) m.
- Romanian: nucă de cocos (ro) f.
- Romansch: nusch da cocos (rm) m., nusch cocos (rm) m., cocos (rm), nousch da cocos (rm) m.
- Russian: кокос (ru) (kokós) m., кокосовый орех (ru) (kokósovyj oréx) m.
- Sanskrit: खानोदकः (sa) (khānōdakḥ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кокос (sh) m., кокосов орах (sh) m.
- Roman: kokos (sh) m., kokosov orah (sh) m.
- Sinhalese: පොල් (si)
- Spanish: coco (es) m.
- Sundanese: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: kokosnöt (sv) c.
- Tajik: please add this translation if you can
- Tamil: தேங்காய் (ta) (tēṅkāy)
- Telugu: కొబ్బరి (te) (kobbari)
- Tetum: nuu, nuu-fuan
- Thai: ลูกมะพร้าว (th) (lôok má-práao)
- Turkish: Hindistan cevizi (tr)
- Ukrainian: кокос (uk) (kokós) m., кокосовий горіх (ru) (kokósovyj horíx) m.
- Vietnamese: (trái / quả) dừa (vi)
- Welsh: cneuen goco (cy) f.
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edible flesh of coconut seed
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