Meanings
plural cohunes
- A palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
Synonyms: cohune palm, Orbignya cohune
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
More synonyms by meaning
nountropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Miskitoókhún
- Spanishcohune
- Englishcohune
Borrowed from Spanish cohune, perhaps from Miskito ókhún.
More words from Spanish, Miskito
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
cohune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohune
“cohune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohune. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cohune,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohune.
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