coconut

coconut - English

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Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈkoʊ.kə.nʌt/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯.kə.nʌt]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/, [ˈkʰəʉ̯.kə.nʌt]

Noun

coconut (countable and uncountable, plural coconuts)

  1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  3. (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  4. The coconut palm.
  5. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a race traitor.
  6. (South Africa, Australia, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
  7. (New Zealand, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Pacific islander.
  8. (slang) A female breast.
  9. (slang) The human head.

Hypernyms

  • (fruit): fruit
  • (POC assimilated into white culture): race traitor

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