As nouns the difference between kokum and hokum
is that kokum is garcinia indica , a plant in the mangosteen family with culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses while hokum is meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
kokum
English
Noun
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(
wikipedia kokum)
Garcinia indica , a plant in the mangosteen family with culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses.
hokum
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
Synonyms
*See also
Derived terms
* hoke
* hokey