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Meaning of COHUNE

Pronunciation:  kow'hoon

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 Definition: [n]  tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
 
 Synonyms: cohune palm, Orbignya cohune
 
 See Also: cohune nut, feather palm, genus Orbignya, Orbignya

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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