| coconut | A tropical palm tree, cocos nucifera, that yields large, edible hard-shelled fruit from which oil and fibre are also obtained. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| coconut sound | A sound like that produced when a cracked coconut is tapped; it is elicited by percussing the skull of a patient with osteitis deformans. (05 Mar 2000) |