Crossword clues for cohune
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cohune \Co*hune"\, n., or Cohune palm \Cohune palm\ . [Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras.] A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm ( Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.
Wiktionary
n. A species of palm, (taxlink Attalea cohune species noshow=1), native to South America, producing large nuts.
WordNet
n. tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn: cohune palm, Orbignya cohune]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "cohune".
Both the cohune palm and the boton palm begin as clusters of huge leaves sprouting from the ground, but they grow impressive trunks if the surrounding forest is thick enough to require them to do so to reach the light.
There were those too—Jonathan got some lovely pictures of palms on the beach at San Pedro—but when one views Lamanai from the river, one sees an expanse of broad cohune palm fronds with only occasional other admixtures.