poonacn.
/ˈpuːnak/, U.S. /ˈpuˌnæk/ Chiefly in Sri Lanka: an oilcake made from coconut pulp or various kinds of seed, mainly used as animal fodder.
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1843 J. W. Bennett Ceylon & its Capabilities xiii. 110 Ceylon poultry, when fed by natives, invariably tastes of Poonac, or coco-nut oil cake, which imparts an oily flavour to whatever is fed on it.
1890 Times 20 Sept. 3/6 207 tons of cocoanuts, 776 tons of plumbago, 147 tons of copra, and 179 tons of poonac.
1908 G. Watt Commerc. Products India 360 A correspondent in Capital, Feb. 11, 1904..says Indian poonac consists of rape-seed, castor seed and gingelly (sesamum).
1927 Trop. Agriculturalist 68 279 As regards Phosphorus, there are many food-stuffs, available in Ceylon, rich in this element. For example, the various poonacs and pollard.
1949 Econ. Geogr. 25 234/2 Finally, poonac, the cake remaining after the oil has been pressed out, has value as a cattle food.
2000 Sunday Leader (Colombo) 17 Dec. 9/3 In addition to poonac, local farmers use a mineral mixture which is mostly made from fish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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