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▪ I. ‖ koko1
Also coco, cocco.
[Koko, native name in Fanti lang.]
The taro-plant, Colocasia esculenta, of West Africa; = cocoyam.
1874C. A. Gordon Life Gold Coast 30 Another root that was used for the table deserves to be mentioned;..their ordinary name, indeed, was Cocos. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 292 Koko is better than yam, I may remark, because it is heavier. Ibid. 601 A plantation of giant kokos mid-leg deep in most excellent fine mould. 1938Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXVIII. 125 These [sc. cultivated crops] are..koko yams (Colocasia antiquorum), maize, [etc.].
▪ II. koko2|ˈkəʊkəʊ|
Also kokoh, kokko.
[Burmese name for the tree.]
The brown hardwood obtained from Albizia lebbeck, a tropical, deciduous tree of the family Leguminosæ, or the tree itself.
1862E. Balfour Timber Trees of India (ed. 2) 30/2 In the Prome district a special tax was levied on the felling of ‘Kokoh’ and ‘Padouk’ under the Burmese rule. 1881J. S. Gamble Man. Indian Timbers 157 A[lbizzia] Lebbeck... The Siris Tree. Vern[acular]... Kokoh, Burm. 1911J. H. Holland Useful Plants Nigeria II. 299 Albizzia Lebbek... East Indian Walnut, Kokoh or Kokka (Rangoon). Wild in Tropical Asia..; distributed to Tropical Africa. 1930Observer 29 June 18/2 In respect of woods the building itself is an exhibition: every piece of joinery..has come from India... Most of the floors are of a pleasant brown wood called koko. 1937J. M. Dalziel Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. 211 Albizzia Lebbek... The timber is sometimes called East Indian Walnut, and is marketed as Kokko or Koko. 1947J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpture x. 290 Koko or East Indian Walnut is a hard, dense, close grained tropical wood imported from Burma. It is dark brown and is usually available in log form. 1956Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 128 Kokko varies considerably in size according to locality. Ibid. 129 Kokko is said to be used for sliced veneers and in the furniture industry. |