coco | (noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | Synonyms: coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut, coconut palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera |
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cocoa | (noun) powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed | - |
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(noun) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot | Synonyms: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate |
cocoanut | (noun) large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | Synonyms: coconut |
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cocobolo | (noun) a valuable timber tree of tropical South America | Synonyms: Dalbergia retusa |
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coconspirator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: conspirator, machinator, plotter |
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coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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coconut | (noun) large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | Synonyms: cocoanut |
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(noun) the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries | Synonyms: coconut meat |
(noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | Synonyms: coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera |
cocoon | (noun) silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs | - |
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(verb) wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | - |
(verb) retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | - |
cocooning | (noun) retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape) | - |
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cocoswood | (noun) wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets | Synonyms: cocuswood, granadilla wood |
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cocotte | (noun) a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served | - |
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(noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
cocoyam | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: dasheen, edda, taro, taro root |
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(noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: dasheen, eddo, taro |
cocozelle | (noun) squash resembling zucchini | - |
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(noun) squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow | Synonyms: Italian vegetable marrow |