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copra Noun the dried oil-yielding kernel of the coconut [Malayalam (a language of SW India) koppara coconut]
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Translations copra n copra [ˈkoprə, (American ) ˈka:-] the dried kernel of the coconut which gives coconut oil. kopra لُب جَوز الهِند المُجَفَّـف копра kopra kopra die Kopra αποξηραμένη ψίχα καρύδας copra kopra نارگیل خشک kopra copra קוֹפּרָה गरी, खोपड़ा kopra, sušena jezgra kokosovih oraha kopra kopra kókoshnetukjarni copra コプラ 코프라(코코야자의 핵이나 과육을 말린 것) kopra kopra kelapa kering kopra kopra kopra copra copră копра kopra kopra jezgro kokosa kopra เนื้อมะพร้าวแห้งสำหรับทำน้ำมันมะพร้าว kuru Hindistan ceviz içi 椰子幹 копра كهوپرا cùi dừa khô 椰子仁干 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was a little old Frenchman, with soft kind eyes and a pleasant smile, half trader and half seaman, who owned a cutter in which he wandered boldly among the Paumotus and the Marquesas, taking out trade goods and bringing back copra, shell, and pearls. The tender tips of the fallen palms were likewise eaten, while the thousands of coconuts were husked and split and sun-dried and smoke-cured into copra to be sold to the next passing trader. He would buy a schooner - one of those yacht-like, coppered crafts that sailed like witches - and go trading copra and pearling among the islands. |
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