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cohune

cohune noun: a palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.

cohune: a palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts
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Noun

cohune (plural cohunes)

  1. A palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
    Synonyms:
    cohune palm, Orbignya cohune

Synonyms of cohune

  • cohune palm
  • Orbignya cohune

Forms of cohune

pluralcohunes

Origin of cohune

Borrowed from Spanish cohune, perhaps from Miskito ókhún.

Questions about cohune

What does cohune mean?
Cohune means a palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
What part of speech is cohune?
Cohune is a noun.
What is the plural of cohune?
The plural of cohune is cohunes.

Words near cohune in the dictionary

  1. Cohran
  2. Cohrans
  3. COHs
  4. cohumulone
  5. Cohuna
  6. cohune
  7. cohunes
  8. cohusband
  9. cohusbands
  10. cohybridization
  11. cohybridizations

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