coco

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
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/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ · /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/(US) · /ˈkəʊkə/

Definition of coco

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Coconut palm.
    “I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.”
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noun

  1. Coconut palm.
    “I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.”
  2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
    “They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.”
    “The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed; […]”
    “You might opt for a heaping tower composed of fried oysters, coco-flavored shrimp, fried octopus, and calamari.”
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of contingent convertible bond.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A female given name.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Sicilian.

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Etymology

From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque.

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