cohune

noun

co·​hune

kōˈhün

variants or cohune palm

(ˈ)⸗¦⸗-

plural -s

: a commercially important Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Orbignya cohune) valued especially for the oil and the hard ivory-nutlike shell of its fruit

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Mosquito óchuṅ, uchúṅ

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