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s | coconut |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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