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‖ coquillo|koˈkiʎo|
[Sp. coquillo, Pg. coquilho, dim. of coco coco-nut.]
The Physic nut, Curcas purgans, a native of tropical America, the seeds of which yield an oil used as a purgative.
[a1622R. Hawkins Voy. (1878) 133 In the kingdome of Chile, and in Brasill, is another kinde..which they call coquillos, and are as big as wal-nuts.] 1851Exhibition Catal. II. 1430 (Mexico) A bottle of oil, called oil of coquillo, is also exhibited. |