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coquilla nut definition

co·quilla nut (kō kēl′yə, -kē-)

the fruit of a piassava palm (Attalea funifera) of Brazil: it yields palm oil and has a very hard, brown, ivorylike shell used in cabinetwork and by carvers

Etymology: Sp coquillo or Port coquilho, dim. of coco, coconut

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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