coconut

Example Sentences

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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

Sun, sand, and coconuts probably sound good to many winter-weary Americans right now.

From Barron's

I return them to the pot with a glug of coconut milk.

From Salon

So she threw four ripe coconuts thump! into the sand and climbed down after them.

From Literature

Vegans and vegetarians have popularized plant-based milk alternatives — almond milk, oat milk, soy milk, cashew, hemp, coconut; if it grows, it may have a milk version.

From Los Angeles Times