coconut oil
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noun
a white, semisolid fat or nearly colorless fatty oil extracted from coconuts, used chiefly in foods and in the manufacture of soaps, cosmetics, and candles.
Nearby words
coconut crab, coconut cream, coconut ice, coconut matting, coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut palm, coconut shy, coconut water, cocoon, cocooning
Origin of coconut oil
First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for coconut oil
A coconut-oil lamp, placed in the centre of a table, showed that the evening meal was in readiness.
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories|Louis BeckeIn this country there is a great amount of exhausted cake from the coconut-oil factories, which is exported to Europe each year.
British Dictionary definitions for coconut oil
coconut oil
noun
the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc
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