cocoanut

Archaic spelling of coconut.

Noun

  1. Archaic spelling of coconut.
    • On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree,...
    • The Gulnare brought us a few comforts in the shape of fresh provisions, fruits and curry stuffs, for which the Malayan Archipelago is famous, and with her came a supply of cocoanuts, which would have fully stocked an...
    • Oranges, cocoanuts and alligator pears lay in neat piles on little tables. - 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 460:

Origin

From cocoa (“coco”) + nut.

Forms

cocoanuts