| Pronunciation: | | kow'hoon
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[n] tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory |
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COHUNE is a 6 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | cohune palm, Orbignya cohune |
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| | See Also: | | cohune nut, feather palm, genus Orbignya, Orbignya |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Co*hune"\, n., or Cohune palm \Cohune palm\ . [Prob. fr.
a native name in Honduras.]
A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm ({Attalea
cohune}), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to
make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a
substitute for coconut oil.
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