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kokoon

/kəˈkuːn/

kokoon noun: a gnu; a brindled gnu.

Noun (1)

kokoon (plural kokoons)

  1. (archaic) A gnu; a brindled gnu.
    • Mixed squads of kokoons and zebras are practising their wild gambols over the level plain, kicking, frolicking, butting, and pursuing each other with untiring perseverence1845, John George Cochrane [editor], The Foreign Quarterly Review

Noun (2)

kokoon (plural kokoons)

  1. (uncommon) A tree of the genus Kokoona.
    • The inner yellow bark of the kokoon tree of Ceylon (Kokoona Zeylanica, Thw.) is employed there as a febrifuge and stimulatory, and as a dye.1872, Yearbook of Pharmacy: Comprising Abstracts of Papers Relating to Pharmacy, Materia Medica and Chemistry Contributed to British and Foreign Journal...with the Transactions of the British...
    • The kokoon tree from Sri Lanka (Kokoona zeylanica) yields a useful oil.2007 October 23, Colin Tudge, The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter, Crown, →ISBN, page 169
    Synonyms:
    kokoona

Synonyms of kokoon

  • kokoona

Forms of kokoon

pluralkokoons

Origin of kokoon

From Tswana kgokoñ.

From Sinhalese [script needed] (kokuṅ).

Questions about kokoon

What does kokoon mean?
Kokoon means a gnu; a brindled gnu.
What part of speech is kokoon?
Kokoon is a noun.
How do you pronounce kokoon?
Kokoon is pronounced /kəˈkuːn/.
What is the plural of kokoon?
The plural of kokoon is kokoons.

Words near kokoon in the dictionary

  1. kokomo
  2. kokomos
  3. Kokoni
  4. Kokonis
  5. Kokonor
  6. kokoon
  7. kokoons
  8. kokopu
  9. kokopus
  10. Kokoraleis
  11. kokoretsi

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