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‖ cohune|kəʊˈhuːn| Also 8 cohone, 9 cahoon, cahoun. A species of palm (Attalea Cohune) found in Honduras. Hence cohune-palm, cohune-tree, cohune-oil.
1805A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. III. 300 We cut down branches of the cohone trees. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 685 From the seeds of A[ttalea] Cahouni, the Cahoun Palm, a fatty oil may be obtained. 1866Treas. Bot. 110 Attalea Cohune, a native of Honduras, produces nuts called Cahoun nuts, which yield a valuable oil. Ibid. 311 Cohune oil. 1882J. Smith Economic Plants 127 Cohune Palm. 1880Encycl. Brit. XII. 133/2 The cahoon or coyol palm..producing clusters of nuts, from which is extracted a valuable oil. |