coco
Coconut palmCoconut palm.
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» You want to eat nata de coco, right?
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2 sensesCoconut palm.
Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
- tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Examples
6 sentencesYou want to eat nata de coco, right?
So, this is the nata-de-coco that everyone is talking about.
I went to CoCo Ichiban every week.
I'd like to eat Nata de coco.
deIch möchte gerne „Nata de coco“ essen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They tried to give Coco a new pet.
Origin
From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembFrom 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 / cocoesSynonyms
6 synonyms- tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics:coconutcoconut palmcoco palmcocoa palmcoconut treeCocos nucifera
Word family
12 related wordsSee also
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