Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).

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  • noun The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius), whose hard dense shell is used by turners to make ornamental articles.

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  • noun nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory

Etymologies

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Portuguese coquilho, Spanish coquillo, diminutive of coco a coconut.

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