noun
nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory
• Hypernyms: ↑seed
• Part Holonyms: ↑piassava palm, ↑pissaba palm, ↑Bahia piassava, ↑bahia coquilla, ↑Attalea funifera
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\\kəˈkiləˌ-, kōˈkē(l)yəˌ-\ nounEtymology: modification of Portuguese coquilho, diminutive of côco coconut — more at coco
: the nut of a piassava palm (Attalea funifera) of Brazil having a hard hazel-brown shell much used like vegetable ivory by turners
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/ko keel"yeuh, -kee"yeuh/
the elongated oval fruit or nut of a South American palm, Attalea funifera, having a very hard brown shell used in turnery.
[1850-55; < Pg coquilho, dim. of côco COCO]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.