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coconut.

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/Received-Pronunciation[ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nʌt]Received-Pronunciation[ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nɐt]Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊ.kəˌnʌt/Canada, General-American
  1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The edible white flesh of this fruit.

    uncountable
  4. The coconut palm.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture.

    US · countable · derogatory · ethnic · slur · uncountable
  6. A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.

    Australia · Kenya · South-Africa · countable · derogatory · ethnic · slur · uncountable
  7. A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: A Malay person who cannot speak Malay.

    Singapore · countable · derogatory · ethnic · slur · uncountable
  8. A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil.

    Malaysia · countable · derogatory · ethnic · slur · uncountable
  9. A Pacific islander.

    New-Zealand · countable · derogatory · ethnic · slur · uncountable
  10. A female breast.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  11. The human head.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From coco + nut. In reference to assimilated Hispanic or black people, derived from the fruit's exotic origins. The slur originates from the idea that one is "brown on the outside, white on the inside". In reference to Polynesians, from the ubiquity of coconut palms in the area.

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