Meaning

2 senses

  1. Coconut palm.

  2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

More definitions
  • tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Examples

6 sentences

  1. You want to eat nata de coco, right?

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  2. So, this is the nata-de-coco that everyone is talking about.

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  3. I went to CoCo Ichiban every week.

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  4. I'd like to eat Nata de coco.

    deIch möchte gerne „Nata de coco“ essen.

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  5. They tried to give Coco a new pet.

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Origin

From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resemb

From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque.

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Forms

plural: cocos / cocoes
Singularcoco
Pluralcocos / cocoes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words
RelatedcocoaB2coco-de-mer
DerivedcoconutB2cocamidecocamidopropylcoco breadcocomatcoco palmcocopeatcoco wormcocoyammalanga coco

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cocktailB2cockycocoaB2coconutB2cocoonC2
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