coconut

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noun

Plural noun:

coconutscoco-nutcocoanutcokernut

1.
(countable, uncountable)A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
3.
(uncountable)The edible white flesh of this fruit.
4.
(countable, uncountable)The coconut palm.
5.
(derogatory, ethnic slur) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture:
6.
(New Zealand, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable)(New Zealand, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Pacific islander.
7.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A female breast.
8.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The human head.
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Nguồn gốc từ

From coco + nut. In reference to assimilated Hispanic or black people, derived from the fruit's exotic origins. The slur originates from the idea that one is "brown on the outside, white on the inside". In reference to Polynesians, from the ubiquity of coconut palms in the area.