coconut

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: co=co=nut

CIDE DICTIONARY

coconut, n. 

•  the edible white meat of a coconut{3}; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  the cocoa palm.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coconut, n. (also cocoanut)
1 a a large ovate brown seed of the coco, with a hard shell and edible white fleshy lining enclosing a milky juice. b = COCO. c the edible white fleshy lining of a coconut.
2 sl. the human head.

Idiom

coconut butter a solid oil obtained from the lining of the coconut, and used in soap, candles, ointment, etc. coconut ice a sweet of sugar and desiccated coconut. coconut matting a matting made of fibre from coconut husks. coconut shy a fairground sideshow where balls are thrown to dislodge coconuts. double coconut a very large nut of the coco-de-mer.

Etymology

COCO + NUT