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Cohune palm

noun
1.
Tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.  Synonyms: cohune, Orbignya cohune.





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"Cohune palm" Quotes from Famous Books



... palm furnishes Cahoun nuts, from which is extracted cohune oil, used as a burning oil, for which purpose it is superior to cocoanut oil. Piassaba fiber is furnished by this and A. funifera, the seeds of which are known as Coquilla nuts; these nuts are 3 or 4 inches long, oval, ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


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