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noun also cohune-nut oil or cohune fatUseful english dictionary. 2012.
Cohune oil — is pressed from the seeds of the cohune palm, which is native to Central and South America. Along with other byproducts of the palm, cohune oil is believed to have been used by cultures in southern Mesoamerica since the pre Columbian era, in… … Wikipedia
cohune oil — also called cohune nut oil , cohune also spelled cohoun oil obtained from the kernels of the fruits, or nuts, of the cohune palm tree, Attalea cohune. The tree grows in western Central America from the Yucatán Peninsula to Honduras. The… … Universalium
cohune fat — noun semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making • Syn: ↑cohune nut oil, ↑cohune oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑cohune nut * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
cohune-nut oil — noun semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making • Syn: ↑cohune oil, ↑cohune fat • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑cohune nut * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
cohune nut — noun nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts • Hypernyms: ↑seed • Part Holonyms: ↑cohune palm, ↑Orbignya cohune, ↑cohune • Substance Meronyms: ↑cohune nut oil, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cohune — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cohune palm — Cohune 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cohune — [kō ho͞on′] n. [< Central AmInd name cóhun] a Central American palm tree (Orbignya cohune) with featherlike leaves and large nuts that yield an edible oil used to make soap … English World dictionary
Attalea cohune — Cohune Palm Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots … Wikipedia
cohune palm — noun tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory • Syn: ↑Orbignya cohune, ↑cohune • Hypernyms: ↑feather palm • Member Holonyms: ↑Orbignya, ↑genus Orbignya … Useful english dictionary
