Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

Usage examples of coconut.

Here and there, the silvery foliage of a clump of candlenut trees contrasted with the dark green of the bush, and scattered coconut palms curved up gracefully to their fronded tops, sixty or seventy feet above the earth.

Casuarina, candlenut and kauri pine flourished in abundance beside breadfruit, sago plant, oranges, pineapple, sweet banana and of course the inevitable coconut palm.

Spike, his red Doberman, got into the act, and Johnson showed him how to husk the coconut with his paws by ripping the husks apart with his hands.

Not to be outdone, other handlers got their dogs into the act and soon all the dogs were growling, biting and tearing husks off coconuts.

Hamilton opined that we could go into the copra business: the dogs could husk coconuts faster than the natives.

McKirgen explained that we would be cruising down the coast all night and would arrive at Tassaforanga at daylight, where we were to land with the dogs, move inland to our assigned units and then come back to the ship to return to Coconut Grove.

The men swam in the warm water, the dogs waded in to retrieve balls or pieces of driftwood and then swam back to their handlers on the shore when the sun became hot, and the game of gathering coconuts and having the dogs tear off the husks began.

Captain Glassman watched the work crews and sipped at a hot mug of coconut milk laced with shine, feeling the warmth seep into his bones.

A local specialty, Thomas, jackfruit and chicken and tofu simmered in coconut milk.

The shade of the banyan gave him relief from the late afternoon sun, and the coconut, mango, and jackfruit trees that grew in abundance provided him ample nourishment.

After dinner, which was pretty amazingtwo herb-roasted chickens with oven fries, asparagus, mesclun salad, and coconut cakeKayla and I got out of there.

Groves of bamboo and coconut palm rose out of rice paddies like islands from a jade-colored sea.

Using the peanuts, tomatoes, and chilis of the New World and their own native palm oil, coconut, and dried shrimp, they concocted rich sauces for fish and poultry.

The floors were first of all laid out with about a foot of smooth, seaworn pebbles, brought by the women in baskets from the little beach where the ship was run ashore, and then covered over with coarse mats of coconut leaf.

Until recently these fats, coconut stearine and others, could be ignored by the reputable chocolate makers as the confection produced by their use was inferior to true chocolate both in taste and in keeping properties.