Coconut
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊkəˌnʌt/
Coconut (noun)
- A large, brown, hard-shelled fruit with white flesh and liquid inside.
- A tall palm tree that grows in tropical areas and produces coconuts.
- The taste or smell similar to that of coconut fruit.
Examples
- She cracked open the coconut to drink the water.
- The coconut fell from the tree during the storm.
Common collocations: crack a coconut, coconut water, ripe coconut, tall coconut tree, plant a coconut tree