• (n.) The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/cocoanut/
Co'coa·nut` (-nŭt`) noun The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/102