noun
coco
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noun
1
Informal short form of coconut, or the coconut palm tree.
"They cracked open a coco for the juice inside."
How to Use Coco
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn informal word for a coconut or coconut palm.
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Word Forms
cocos plural, cocoes plural, Cocos plural
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Etymology
From Portuguese/Spanish coco, "grinning face," so named because the three holes on a coconut shell look like a face.