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kokoons

kokoons is the plural of kokoon.

Meaning of kokoon

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...
    Synonyms:
    kokoona

Questions about kokoons

What is kokoons the plural of?
Kokoons is the plural of kokoon.

Words near kokoons in the dictionary

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

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