cocoanut
Americannoun
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It was also reported that the President had given' up trying to eat his hard-frozen dessert of ice cream ball & shredded cocoanut after it had repeatedly skidded out from under his spoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In Miami, Fla., a righteous, Chautauqua-looking gentleman recently enjoyed a vacation under the cocoanut trees�his first long rest in 30 years.
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Especially effective was a .5% mixture of veratrine and cocoanut oil.
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But Adams refrained from closer contact: "The pervasive odor of cocoanut oil has proved an impassable barrier."
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There was a tree on the river bank, a cocoanut tree.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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