copra
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of copra
1575–85; < Portuguese < Malayalam koppara < Hindi khoprā coconut
Vocabulary lists containing copra
Pacific Islands - Introductory
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Example Sentences
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In 1983, Brandon Zamel’s dad — then a bachelor in his early 30s — moved onto Copra Lane.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
They moved the next year into the unit on his dad’s old Copra Lane pad, trading their Sherman Oaks apartment for a 1,100-square-foot manufactured home with four small bedrooms.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
Copra, or dried cocoanut meat, is the general export.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
Copra, the produce of the cocoa-nut palm, is supplied chiefly by Zanzibar and neighbouring parts of the east coast.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Copra, kop′ra, n. the dried kernel of the coco-nut, yielding coco-nut oil.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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