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cohune

N ต้น ปาล์ม พวก Orbignya Cohune พบ แถบ อเมริกา กลาง

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COHUNE; COHUNE PALM

COHUNE; COHUNE PALM Co *hune ", n., or Cohune palm. [Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras. ]

Defn: A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune ), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cohune

co hune |kəˈho͞on, kō -koʊˈhun |(also cahoun ) ▶noun a Central American palm that is a valuable source of oil. [Orbignya cohune, family Palmae. ] • (also cohune nut ) the oil-rich nut of this palm. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Miskito.

Oxford Dictionary

cohune

cohune |kəˈhuːn | ▶noun a Central American palm whose nut is a valuable source of oil. ●Orbignya cohune, family Palmae. • (also cohune nut ) the oil-rich nut of the cohune palm. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Miskito.