kokon.1
/ˈkəʊkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊkoʊ/, West African English /ˈkoko/ The taro-plant, Colocasia esculenta, of West Africa; = cocoyam n.
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cocco1756
taro1769
koko1874
dalo1879
dasheen1899
cocoyam1922
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > taro
taro1769
koko1874
dalo1879
dasheen1899
cocoyam1922
1874 C. A. Gordon Life Gold Coast 30 Another root that was used for the table deserves to be mentioned;..their ordinary name, indeed, was Cocos.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 292 Koko is better than yam, I may remark, because it is heavier.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 601 A plantation of giant kokos mid-leg deep in most excellent fine mould.
1938 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 68 125 These [sc. cultivated crops] are..koko yams (Colocasia antiquorum), maize, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kokon.2
/ˈkəʊkəʊ/ The brown hardwood obtained from Albizia lebbeck, a tropical, deciduous tree of the family Leguminosæ, or the tree itself.
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partridge-wood1830
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partridge cane1843
pheasant wood1852
koko1862
itaka-wood1866
queenwood1873
muninga1888
bubinga1912
sucupira1924
wenge1963
1862 E. Balfour Timber Trees India (ed. 2) 30/2 In the Prome district a special tax was levied on the felling of ‘Kokoh’ and ‘Padouk’ under the Burmese rule.
1881 J. S. Gamble Man. Indian Timbers 157 A[lbizzia] Lebbeck... The Siris Tree. Vern[acular]... Kokoh, Burm.
1911 J. H. Holland Useful Plants Nigeria II. 299 Albizzia Lebbek... East Indian Walnut, Kokoh or Kokka (Rangoon). Wild in Tropical Asia..; distributed to Tropical Africa.
1930 Observer 29 June 18/2 In respect of woods the building itself is an exhibition: every piece of joinery..has come from India... Most of the floors are of a pleasant brown wood called koko.
1937 J. M. Dalziel Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. 211 Albizzia Lebbek... The timber is sometimes called East Indian Walnut, and is marketed as Kokko or Koko.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 290 Koko or East Indian Walnut is a hard, dense, close grained tropical wood imported from Burma. It is dark brown and is usually available in log form.
1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 128 Kokko varies considerably in size according to locality.
1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 129 Kokko is said to be used for sliced veneers and in the furniture industry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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