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cohune
[ koh-hoon ]
noun
- a pinnate-leaved palm, Orbignya cohune, native to Central America, bearing large nuts whose meat yields an oil resembling that of the coconut.
cohune
/ kəʊˈhuːn /
noun
- See coquilla nuta tropical American feather palm, Attalea (or Orbignya ) cohune, whose large oily nuts yield an oil similar to coconut oil Also calledcohune palm See also coquilla nut
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Example Sentences
Through the gathering shadows he thought he saw directly beneath him the wide spreading leaves of a young cohune-nut tree.
A gentle breeze, entering the hut through its lattice-like walls of cohune-nut stems, fluttered the corners of the bills.
We were importing cohune nuts at the rate of 4,000 tons per month at the time of the armistice.
Cohune-nut oil is produced from the nuts of the cohune palm, which flourishes in British Honduras.
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