ALL meanings of coconut
co·co·nut
C c - countable noun coconut A coconut is a very large nut with a hairy shell, which has white flesh and milky juice inside it. 3
- uncountable noun coconut Coconut is the white flesh of a coconut. 3
- noun coconut the fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a thick fibrous oval husk inside which is a thin hard shell enclosing edible white meat. The hollow centre is filled with a milky fluid (coconut milk) 3
- noun coconut the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cakes, curries, etc 3
- noun coconut (as modifier) 3
- noun coconut a black or Asian person who conforms to white culture at the expense of his or her ancestral culture, the idea being that, like a coconut, he or she is dark on the outside and white on the inside 3
- noun coconut the fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a thick, fibrous, brown, oval husk under which there is a thin, hard shell enclosing a layer of edible white meat: the hollow center is filled with a sweet, milky fluid called coconut milk 3
- noun coconut The large, oval, brown seed of a tropical palm, consisting of a hard shell lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid. It grows inside a woody husk, surrounded by fiber. 1
- noun coconut the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid. 1
- noun coconut the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cooking, as a flavoring, and as a dessert topping. 1
- noun coconut coconut palm. 1
- noun coconut Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a person of color, especially a person of Latin-American or South Asian origin or descent, who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, at the expense of his or her ethnic heritage. Compare Oreo. 1
- noun coconut hard seed, drupe 1
- noun coconut edible white part 1
- noun coconut flavoured with coconut 1
- noun coconut A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. 0
- noun coconut A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity. 0
- noun coconut (Uncountable Noun) The edible white flesh of this fruit. 0
- noun coconut The coconut palm. 0
- noun coconut (pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare banana (“East Asian who acts white”). 0
- noun coconut (South Africa, pejorative) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare banana (“East Asian who acts white”). 0
- noun coconut (New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander. 0
- noun coconut (Slang) A female breast. 0