The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cohune palm
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.
WordNet
cohune palm
n. tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn: Orbignya cohune, cohune]
Usage examples of "cohune palm".
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.