A feather-leaved Central American palm (Orbignya cohune) having hard-shelled fruits that yield a useful oil.
[New Latin, perhaps from American Spanish, from Mosquito ókhún.]
cohune
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co·hune (kō-hūn')  |
n.
| WordNet: cohune |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
Synonyms: cohune palm, Orbignya cohune
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