Meanings
nouncokernut (plural cokernuts)
plural cokernuts
- 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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