cokernut

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A form of coconut — A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncokernut (plural cokernuts)

plural cokernuts

  1. UKarchaicArchaic form of coconut.

    The cokernut (sometimes spelt "cocoanut," though it has, of course, no connection with cocoa) is a sort of "ugly duckling" when compared with other nuts, and few people partake of it regularly.

    1911, Henry Valentine Knaggs, The Healthy Life Beverage Book, C. W. Daniel, page 50

Origin

This spelling was introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner.

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APA

cokernut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cokernut

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“cokernut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cokernut. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cokernut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cokernut.

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