coconut

  1. Noun.  The fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), ''Cocos nucifera'', having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  2. Noun.  The hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  3. Noun.  The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  4. Noun.  The coconut palm.
  5. Noun.  (pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare (term, banana) .
  6. Noun.  (context, South Africa) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare (term, banana) .
  7. Noun.  (New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
  8. Noun.  (slang) A female breast.

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