COCO COCOA
\kˈə͡ʊkə͡ʊ kˈə͡ʊkə͡ʊ], \kˈəʊkəʊ kˈəʊkəʊ], \k_ˈəʊ_k_əʊ k_ˈəʊ_k_əʊ]\
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cocoa, coker, n. (Also c.-nut, c.-tree, c.-nut-tree) tropical palm-tree; c.-nut, its large ovate brown hard-shelled seed with edible white lining enclosing whitish liquid (c.-nut milk), (slang) human head; c.-nut matting, made from fibre of nut\'s outer husk; double c.-nut, much larger two-lobed seed of Seychelles palm.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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