coconut
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Traditionally, logs made of coir - coconut husk - have been imported from South-East Asia to reduce erosion, hold back water and also re-wet degraded peatland.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Kristin McGrath, a senior editor for the deal-hunting site The Krazy Coupon Lady, recommends going for the coconut shrimp or shrimp scampi and passing on the shrimp linguini alfredo.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
These decisions didn’t just fall out of a coconut tree.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
At the time, seven of 65 islands and atolls were inhabited, by some 1,500 people who survived largely on fishing and coconut harvesting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
I place the ‘umeke in Dad’s hands, and he cradles it. I’ve taken fine-grit sandpaper to the outside to make it smooth and polished it with coconut oil so it gleams. “This is really beautiful.”
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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