copran.
The dried kernel of the coco-nut, prepared and exported for the expression of coco-nut oil.
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1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 219 Chopra, from Cochin and Mallauar.
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 101/2 (note of Paludanus) The other Oyle is prest out of the dried Cocus, which is called Copra.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxv. 306 Cocoa-nut..produceth..Copera, or the kernels of the Nut dried, and out of those kernels there is a very clear Oyl exprest.
1880 Athenæum 18 Dec. 809/1 It is fortunate for Fiji that her future is not dependent on copra alone.
1889 H. H. Romilly Verandah in New Guinea 275 Copra is the kernel of the ripe cocoa-nut, cut into small pieces and dried in the sun.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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