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• coco
  coco

  noun

  coconut palm.
• Coco
  Coco

  noun

  a river rising in N Nicaragua and flowing NE along the Nicaragua-Honduras border to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

coco

¹ American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

plural

cocos

1. coconut palm.

2. coconut.

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Coco ² American  

[koh-koh, kaw-kaw] / ˈkoʊ koʊ, ˈkɔ kɔ /

noun

1. a river rising in N Nicaragua and flowing NE along the Nicaragua-Honduras border to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

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coco British  

/ ˈkəʊkəʊ /

noun

1. short for coconut coconut palm

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Etymology

Origin of coco

1545–55; < Portuguese: grimace; the three holes at the nut's base give it this appearance

Example Sentences

It's just basically putting condensed milk and usually just some cream-based type of milky liquid, and also just all these canned cocktail fruit, just the jellies that we were talking about, nata de coco.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2023

I wanted coconut drops, a spicy beef patty with coco bread, kola champagne, and some bun and cheese for later.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Siphiwe Sithole grows indigenous crops like amadumbe - coco yams - and bitter greens, on her small farm just outside Johannesburg.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2021

Salsa, merengue, arroz con coco and plátano helped him reconnect with himself, but it was a long journey.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2020

No more steal the bacon coco levio 1-2-3 Miss Lucy had a baby spinning tops double Dutch.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson