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coconutn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coco n., nut n.1 Etymology: < coco n. (compare forms, and see discussion, at that entry) + nut n.1 Compare cocoa nut n. at cocoa n. and adj. Compounds 3, which shows partial formal overlap.Compare Dutch kokosnoot (1602 as †coquos noten , plural), German Kokosnuss (1688), Swedish kokosnöt (1674 as †koccorsnött ), French noix de coco (1666 or earlier; 1610 as †noix de cocos ). With sense 3 compare earlier coco n. 3 and later coco de mer n., sea coconut n. 1. 1. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > coconut α. 1589 14 The cochos nuts and plantens are very pleasant fruicts, the sayd cochos hauing a hard shell and a greene huske ouer it. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. lvi. 102/1 These trees are for the most part in the Islands of Maldiua, where there are Cocus Nuttes [Du. Coquos], that are excellent good against poyson. 1619 W. Phillip tr. W. C. Schouten 68 There came 2 or 3 Canoes towards our ship, and threw Cocos nuttes into the water making signes to vs to fetch them. 1664 R. Hubert 39 A Cocos Nut something round, representing a face. 1710 W. Salmon II. Index Latinus Cocus Nux, the Cocus Nut, which is good Food and Drink. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] 1834 W. A. Caruthers I. 66 I rather suspicion he thought a two year old colt's heel had got a taste of his cocoanut. 1840 T. C. Haliburton 3rd Ser. iii. 30 Who should I meet on the road but the Major a-pokin' along with his cocoanut down. 1874 (rev. ed.) 124 Cocoa-nut, the head. A pugilistic term. 1885 E. Lynn Linton I. x. 269 You need not bother that silly cocoanut of yours. 1932 J. T. Farrell i. 32 Many's the plunk in the cocoanut that Paddy Lonigan got. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse xxii. 237 One of those hammer murderesses you read about in the papers who biff husbands over the coco-nut and place the remains in a trunk. 2005 C. H. Vaite 25 Mama Roti cries silent tears shaking her head and mumbling how men have nothing in the coconut sometimes. 1974 D. Fuentes & J. A. López 32 Coconut, one who thinks white and has brown skin. 1989 B. Morris ix. 214 Those who had ‘gone whitefellas way’ were described by younger [Aboriginal] people as ‘coconuts’. 1995 K. Smith 214 All he got from the community, his community, was..a lot of abuse about being an ‘Uncle Tom’.., a ‘coconut’. 2007 (Nexis) 30 July 26 More than a third of British Asians believe that to get ahead as an Asian in this country it is necessary to be a coconut. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > coconut tree the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut > coconut-tree 1625 E. Terry in S. Purchas II. ix. vi. §i. 1466 The Coquer-nuts (of which this Iland hath abundance) of all the Trees in the Forrest..may haue preeminence. 1759 21 (Appendix) 706/2 Plant a cocoa-nut, and A plantane-tree, because the two last afford, not only good food, but also cloaths. 1783 W. Marsden 73 Not one tree of that species grows on the island of Sumatra, although the coconut and many other kinds of palms abound there. 1826 J. Atkinson 19 The burwan is a plant with leaves very much like the cocoa nut. 1852 J. H. Balfour I. 993 Certain palms are associated in large groups, as the Coco-nut. 1923 J. Hornell 152 The coconut withers away and in its place rises..the Palmyra palm and the inhospitable babul. 1968 57 572 Coconuts had been damaged by the Hispid Brontispa longissima..[and] brown feeding scars left on the leaves. 2002 R. Murphy (2003) 348 We rented a house..on a hillside of lush growth—mango, pawpaw, coconut, areca and kithul palm. 1640 J. Parkinson xlii. 1598 Coccus de Maldiva. The Cokar Nut of Maldiva. 1696 J. Ovington 266 He presently betakes for himself for a remedy to the Maldive Coco-nut... I brought one of these Coconuts with me from Suratt. 1749 Nov. 217/1 [No.] 8 is another sort called the long coco; 1 is the Maldivie coco-nut. 1832 2 293 Their productions he also enumerates minutely, especially the cocoa-nut, both of the ordinary kind and of that called coco-de-mer. 1873 Dec. 216 When these cocoa-nuts are exported from the Seychelles Islands, cups made from the shells are mounted by the wealthy natives of India with gold and precious stones. c1875 (new ed.) IV. 399/2 Most of our readers who are in the habit of visiting museums..will not have failed to observe specimens of a large, dark-coloured and double-shelled cocoa-nut. 1922 Dec. 888/2 (title) Forty-pound coconuts take seven years to ripen. 2006 J. Cummings et al. 188 Don't miss the avenue of double coconut palms (coco de mer)—each coconut weighs from 10kg to 20kg. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > coconut > flesh of 1799 361 Of plantains also they make a pudding, called tooparro, mixed with tarro and cocoa-nut, very like a custard. 1806 G. Pinckard II. 102 The puddings mostly used are of citron, coco-nut, yam, lemon, and custard, and do great credit to the Barbadoes cookery-book. 1861 I. M. Beeton xxxv. 849 Whisk the eggs until they are very light; add the sugar gradually; then stir in the cocoa-nut. 1886 J. R. Benton 275 Add more sugar than usual to the ‘Meringue’, and stir in the grated cocoanut. 1928 L. Gilmour 170 Take 1 lb. of the prepared cream and into it knead 4 ozs. of ground coconut. 1978 J. Passmore (1979) 64/2 Make a paste of rice flour, egg, baking powder, salt and coconut. 1989 N. S. Wenkam in E. W. Lusas et al. xx. 324 Desiccated coconut is the pure white, crisp, nutty tasting meat of the coconut which is artificially dehydrated and shredded. 2006 D. Greenspan 195 Keeping the mixer on low, add the coconut..then steadily add the hot milk and butter. Compounds C1. 1600 H. May in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) III. 571 A pangaia..is a vessell like a barge, with one matsaile of Coco nut leaues. 1664 Escaliot Let. 26 Jan. in Sir T. Browne (1852) III. 519 Cords made of coconutt rinde. 1773 J. Hawkesworth II. xviii. 217 They make occasional baskets and panniers of the cocoa-nut leaf in a few minutes. 1791 Sept. 181/1 Their hogs are remarkably fat, being fed upon the cocoa-nut kernel and sea-water. 1815 Mar. 284 They..placed the god, with the cocoa-nut branch under him, on the ground. 1856 3 May 8/8 The import duty..upon cocoa-nut cordage and fibre. 1894 M. North I. ix. 335 We went on in another canoe.., stopping to breakfast at a cocoa-nut farm. 1908 May 149/2 When fermented and distilled the coconut-sap furnishes the fiery drink known in the East as ‘arrack’. 1968 M. Moerman iii. 37 When there is no woody undergrowth, coconut fronds or thatch are used as fuel. 2009 (Nexis) 21 Aug. 4 How to gather the harvest without risking life and limb is a puzzle that has exercised the finest minds in the coconut industry for centuries. b. ?1734 T. Salmon (new ed.) II. 299 The Coco-Nut Groves by the Sea side appear extreamly pleasant from on Ship-board. 1876 20 335 Coconut groves are usually found overshadowing the coast-villages of the peninsula. 1982 A. Desai i. 8 She climbed over the dunes..into the coconut grove. 2008 Jan. 90/1 A coconut grove fringes the black-sand beach, offering a haven of filtered light and flowers. 1665 R. Hooke xxxi. 156 Carret seeds are like a cleft of a Coco-Nut Husk. 1784 J. King in J. Cook & J. King III. 28 Red and yellow feathers, tied to the fibres of cocoa-nut husks. 1854 E. T. Perkins iii. iii. 236 A boy..returned with a long piece of bamboo and a quantity of cocoanut husk. 1949 July 31/1 A hot fire of coconut husks and algaroba wood had been built under a layer of porous lava rock. 2004 K. Davies (2005) 51 The beach is empty, except for a few coconut husks. 1759 XI. xii. 328 The other [island]..well-inhabited, and full of coco-nut plantations. 1807 F. Buchanan II. xi. 417 I then questioned them about the coco-nut plantations. 1909 C. Young ix. 82 Said he were goin' to his cocoanut plantation near Lake Okeechobee. 2009 (Nexis) 11 June 18 This remote succession of islets in Micronesia..offers typical Pacific scenery: rolling hills, coconut plantations and lush tropical jungle. 1625 S. Purchas III. sig. ccc/3 Cups of Coco Nut-shells, their vertues. 1678 4 Oct. (India Office Libr. MS G/20/7/121) Pray remember ye Coquer nutt Shells and long mulls formerly desired for ye prince. 1768 A. Rose Let. 20 Sept. in (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 445 Their chief instrument being a large cocoa nut-shell, strung with guts. 1880 F. W. Burbidge ii. 18 In Singaporean gardens the rarest of moth orchids are planted in cocoanut-shells. 1913 J. G. Frazer I. xiii. 292 The Tami..collect in a coconut shell the maggots which swarm from the decaying corpse. 2007 I. Beah 2008 47 I found an old machete and got to work on the coconut shells. C2. 1814 R. Alsop 250 A Cocoa Nut Pudding. 1897 No. 104. 17/2 Special bargains in fancy candy... Fancy coca tablets, cocoanut center. 1911 F. M. Farmer x. 228 Coconut Kisses. Whites 2 eggs. 1/2 cup fine granulated sugar. 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. 3 tablespoons shredded coconut. 1946 15 Apr. 136/2 Plans are afoot to resume importation of delicacies which in the past included..coconut ice cream from Cuba. 1965 T. Capote i. 9 His celebrated coconut cookies were the first item to go at charity cake sales. 1989 Feb. 139/1 A round of coconut liqueur. 1996 Jan. 42/3 Use pure coconut extract. 2000 B. Weinstein 127 1 ounce coconut rum (such as Malibu). 2009 J. MacVeigh xvi. 413 This is a good representation of a coconut curry that would be served with rice in Thailand. b. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > other cakes 1824 5 June 356/3 A military character..laid siege to a pyramid of cocoa-nut cakes and macaronies. 1855 E. C. Gaskell I. ix. 112 We will give him a welcome, and some cocoanut cakes. 1938 L. MacNeice ii. xiv. 202 I bought and ate two coconut cakes. 1999 6 Dec. 151/3 We got recipes for coconut cake, black-eyed peas, and cocktail franks in grape-jelly sauce. C3. 1854 W. K. Sullivan in J. Sproule 132 Cocoa-nut butter from the cocoa-nut palm. 1890 Feb. 8 In Amsterdam a factory is being started for the purpose of extracting from cocoa-nuts a substance styled cocoa-nut butter. 1932 Oct. 654/2 A good compound..is made by mixing melted beeswax, 1 part, with coconut butter, 5 parts. 2008 Nov. 44/3 Add the maple syrup mixture, coconut butter, kudzu, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt, and blend until very smooth. 1848 26 Oct. 7/4 (heading) The cocoa-nut crab. 1916 J. F. Rock 16 On penetrating farther inland we found the much talked of coconut crab (Birgus latro) which abounds in great numbers. 1991 June 123/2 I set off to cross the Indian Ocean, calling at Christmas Island, well known for its red, blue and coconut crabs. 2006 12 May (Extra section) 9/3 The coconut crab is the world's biggest terrestrial arthropod, with huge, powerful pincers that can punch through coconut shells. the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > coconut milk the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > other confections or sweet dishes 1847 E. Leslie 157 Cocoa-nut cream may be made as above, substituting for the almonds a pound of cocoa-nut grated finely. 1888 M. M. Ballou ii. 33 A preparation of wild bananas, bruised into a paste and stewed in cocoanut cream, was partaken of with much relish at a native hut. 1912 G. A. Birmingham v. 54 The cocoanut creams are lighter, so one gets more of them for the money. 1945 54 15 The whitebait are cooked..by boiling in water or coconut-cream. 1976 E. Buscombe 23 They know that when they open the box they'll find the coconut creams and the truffles. 2005 10 Dec. (Mag.) 71/1 A beef..rendang..was densely flavoured, with a delayed kick of heat beautifully smoothed out by coconut cream. the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > coconut 1682 No. 1721/1 His Excellency Presented her Highness..with 6 Silver Fillagreen Stands, made in the Indies, with Coco-nut Cups set in Fillagreen. 1702 No. 3806/8 Two large Coco Nut Cups footed and tipt with Silver. 1839 Sept. 92/2 It was Ayoub with his cupra, or coco-nut cup, come to claim the performance of my promise. 1921 27 Aug. 6/4 The 15th-century coconut cup at Caius College, Cambridge. 2000 C. Dunsford 126 Piripi raises his coconut cup and bows his head in respect. 1777 J. Cook I. i. xii. 162 Three young pigs, with their ears ornamented with cocoanut fibres, accompanied the first three. 1849 H. Melville I. lxvi. 234 A sort of canopied Howdah..of heavy, russet-dyed tappa, tasselled at the corners with long bunches of cocoanut fibres. 1921 T. J. Moon (1924) 458 Coconut fiber comes from the outer husk of the coconut and is used for cordage. 2001 Feb. 54/3 Nesting baskets..should have a small amount of hay and coconut fibre placed in the nesting receptacle. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > coconut > flesh of 1864 6 July 13/4 By the perils of the seas water got among the copra or cocoanut flesh, which was stowed loose. 1964 C. S. Belshaw i. i. 11 There are always trays of coconut flesh drying in the sun. 2006 Oct. 144/2 Coconut flesh is soaked and strained to produce coconut cream, then re-soaked and strained to make coconut milk. 1853 1 Apr. 375/2 The way to make cocoa-nut ice is as follows:—Scrape a sufficient quantity of a new and milk cocoa-nut fine [etc.]. 1937 ‘R. Crompton’ v. 104 A small snub-nosed freckled boy with a perverted craving for cocoanut ice. 1995 G. Damerow 38 Coconut ice. Serve this ice with slices of tropical fruit. 2007 M. van Wyk & P. Barton 114 A traditional Malay sweet, called lallimala, is similar to coconut ice, but much softer in consistency. 1868 M. W. Carr 233 The cocoanut man cried bitterly. 1881 30 Apr. 208/2 General (to cocoa nut man). Can you tell me the whereabouts of the Fourth Brigade? 1903 H. M. Batson 122 We took refuge from rollickers at the cocoanut shy. The cocoanut man supplied us with the value of a few pence in wooden balls. 1969 5 May 33 (caption) That's the coconut man. He scrapes the coconut and puts some canned milk in it, and sugar. 2004 21 49/2 While most coconut men troll busy streets or stay in one place, a few enterprising souls go door to door. 1842 14 Jan. The flooring of Cardinal Wolsey's Hall..will be covered over, throughout, with the patent cocoa-nut matting. 1870 C. Kingsley ix. 216 He lines them with a quantity of cocoa-nut fibre, picked out clean and fine, just as if he was going to make cocoa-nut matting of it. 1922 Aug. 319/1 The floor is covered with coconut matting. 1996 N. O'Faolain (1998) v. 63 I'd bring my scripts in to him in the studio in Henry Street, tripping down the long passage with its coconut-matting runner. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > coconut > flesh of 1727 A. Hamilton II. xlvii. 165 They [sc. the fish] will come close to our Boats..if any Body has a Mind to feed them with Bread, Cocoa-nut Meat, or other food that does not easily separate. 1887 9 18 The cocoanut meat is steamed or boiled, and the oil removed. 1985 D. Johnson v. 130 Belinda ate coconut meat off the shell. 2002 (National ed.) 11 Sept. f3/1 Teaming coconut milk with coconut meat is a recipe device rarely seen outside Southeast Asia. the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > coconut milk 1698 (Royal Soc.) 20 333 The same with the Fruit and Coco-Nut-Milk cures the Piles. 1725 H. Sloane II. i. iii. 41 The [grey Nicker] Beans beaten and us'd with Coco-Nut Milk are good for Ruptures. 1829 W. Ellis xiii. 368 Each nut..contains, in a soft white shell, a pint or a pint and a half of the juice usually called cocoa-nut milk. 1932 J. R. Ackerley i. 190 They [sc. tree-shrines]..are built to propitiate ghosts, spirits of the dead... Sacrifices of eggs and cocoanut milk were made. 1989 K. Aksomboon et al. 22 Most of the recipes in this cookbook that use coconut milk call for ‘thick’ coconut milk. 2007 J. Peterson 370/1 Combine this paste..with a can of coconut milk to provide a sauce for chicken or shrimp. 1681 R. Knox iii. vi. 90 Their Hair they oyl, with Coker-nut oyl to make it smooth. 1697 W. Dampier xx. 537 The Indian Inhabitants anoint themselves with Coco-nut Oyl, two or three times a day. 1726 T. Salmon (new ed.) III. 227 The Women go in their Hair comb'd behind their Heads, and oil it with Coco Nut Oil. 1794 E. Moor 404 Cocoa-nut oil, as well as for the lamp, is medicinally esteemed. 1852 C. Tomlinson (1854) I. 404/2 The lines are rubbed over with coco-nut oil. 1868 H. Watts V. 318 In general, cocoanut-oil is not saponified alone, but is employed as an addition to tallow, &c. 1918 C. A. Mitchell ix. 117 Deodorised coconut oil is used in the preparation of both margarine and ‘nut butter’. 1961 I. Khan i. 16 Bring coconut oil for this boy's head, you want him to catch sick in this hot sun? 2002 S. Stacey & J. Fairley 128/2 The moisturising ingredients include coconut oil. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > coconut tree 1764 J. Grainger ii. 77 (note) Some authors have also confounded the coco-nut palm, with the coco, or chocolate-tree. 1852 J. H. Balfour I. 936 The coco-nut palm. 1892 (Royal Gardens, Kew) No. 64. 88 The young cocoa-nut palm..is peculiarly liable to the attack of a large rhinoceros beetle..Oryctes insularis. 1974 J. Brennan (1979) ii. 9 Coconut palms forested much of the flatland. 2004 Nov. 71/1 You can't imagine a lovelier scene: surf crashing..; coconut palms; fishermen in their dugout canoes. 1873 12 Apr. 124/1 Weighing machines, cocoa-nut shies. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ (ed. 3) 175 Merry-go-rounds and cocoanut-shies. 1922 D. H. Lawrence 55 In the cocoanut shies there were no cocoanuts. 2010 18 June 14/3 Visitors could enjoy hoop-la, a coconut shy, tombola, stalls selling bric-a-brac..and a stall selling smoothies. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > coconut tree 1625 Dr. Layfield in S. Purchas IV. vi. iii. §.iii. 1165 In and about the Towne there is store of Coker-nut-trees, which, beside the excellencie of the Fruite, giue a very delightfull gracing to the Towne. 1692 J. Ray (ed. 2) i. 192 The Coco, or Coker-nut-Tree. 1711 C. Lockyer 81 The Cabage seems to be no other than a wild Coco-nut Tree. 1727 A. Hamilton I. xxiv. 294 His Palace..was..covered with Cadjans or Cocoa-nut Tree Leaves woven together. 1778 R. Orme II. 90 The interval..was planted with rows of palmira and coco-nut trees. 1836 M. Scott xix. 340 The sumpter-mule..jammed between the stems of two of the cocoa-nut trees. 1861 H. Cleghorn in 14 172 (heading) On the Coco-nut tree and its uses. 1925 C. Wells vi. 62 A coconut tree cannot be killed by ring-barking, because it doesn't have any bark. 1958 J. Carew ii. 28 A green parrot-snake slithered down a coconut tree. 2005 (National ed.) 25 Sept. v. 3/5 The docket includes live music, traditional cuisine..and even a coconut-tree climbing contest. 1769 T. Smollett VII. 98 Their common drink is water, or a liquor distilled from cocoa nut water. 1883 20 155/2 Cocoa-nut water, found in the green pod before the fibrous husk and nut as we know them here are formed. 1948 Sept. 26/3 The young ones were opened at the top, and we drank the coconut water. 2012 (Nexis) 17 Jan. 31 Pomegranate, acai berry and now coconut water are all darlings of the gym set. 1837 Apr. 48 The inhabitants give Coco-nut whey to their cattle, and never use any other beverage themselves. 1989 (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Food section) 1 What he may have tasted was unsweetened coconut whey. 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