n. (also cocoanut)
1. a a large ovate brown seed of the coco, with a hard shell and edible white fleshy lining enclosing a milky juice. b COCO. c the edible white fleshy lining of a coconut.
2 sl. the human head.
Phrases and idioms:
coconut butter a solid oil obtained from the lining of the coconut, and used in soap, candles, ointment, etc. coconut ice a sweet of sugar and desiccated coconut. coconut matting a matting made of fibre from coconut husks. coconut shy a fairground sideshow where balls are thrown to dislodge coconuts. double coconut a very large nut of the coco-de-mer.
Etymology: COCO + NUT