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coconut

[koh-kuh-nuht, -nuht] / ˈkoʊ kəˌnʌt, -nət /




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A vegan version works just as well: silken tofu or vegan cream cheese blended with coconut cream and a little berry jam, perfect with grapes or berries.

From Salon

For the main course, I enjoyed a classic — butter chicken — alongside a poached lobster tail in a green coconut masala with Mexican chili and coriander-mint purée.

From Salon

But start folding in coconut shreds, caramel swirls, candy pieces, cookie dough, marshmallows?

From Salon

“What are we going to do with coconuts?”

From Literature

After being controlled by the French, who brought in slaves from Madagascar and elsewhere to work coconut plantations, it was taken over by the British after the Napoleonic wars.

From The Wall Street Journal