co·hune (k -h n )n. A feather-leaved Central American palm (Orbignya cohune) having hard-shelled fruits that yield a useful oil. [New Latin, perhaps from American Spanish, from Mosquito ókhún.] |
cohune [kəʊˈhuːn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical American feather palm, Attalea (or Orbignya) cohune, whose large oily nuts yield an oil similar to coconut oil Also called cohune palm See also coquilla nut
[from American Spanish, from South American Indian ókhún]
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| Noun | 1. |  cohune - tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryfeather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves genus Orbignya, Orbignya - palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm cohune nut - nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts |
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