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Cohune

Cohune Meaning & Definition
Cohune Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cohune?

[n] tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cohune: cohune palm | Orbignya cohune

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See Also | cohune nut | feather palm | genus Orbignya | Orbignya

Cohune In Webster's Dictionary

\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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