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coconut | x |

As a noun coconut

is a fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), cocos nucifera , having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

coconut

English

(wikipedia coconut)

Alternative forms

* cocoanut

Noun

  • A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera , having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  • A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  • (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  • The coconut palm.
  • (pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare .
  • (South Africa, pejorative) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare .
  • (New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
  • (slang) A female breast.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (acting white) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * coconut milk * coconutty

    See also

    * (cultural pejoratives) banana, Oreo English ethnic slurs

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----