Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The West Indian name of the taro-plant, Colocasia antiquorum. Also spelled
cocoe .
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Examples
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In the Salive of Carichana, man is called cocco; woman, gnacu; water, cagua; fire, eyussa; the earth, seke; the sky, mumeseke
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Plus when they oil up with that seal blubber it just ain't the same as cocco butter ya know.
The scourge of bachelorette parties in gay bars. Ann Althouse 2009
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In effetti, queste notti del cocco fanno molto mattina.
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The dessert was vanilla pudding, whipped cream, cherries, and some cocco sprinkled on top.
Polka Unitas We Stand 2006
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The dessert was vanilla pudding, whipped cream, cherries, and some cocco sprinkled on top.
Archive 2006-07-01 Unitas We Stand 2006
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A very large finch, which we have seen for sale about the streets here and elsewhere in Sicily, rejoices in the imposing name of _Fringilla cocco thraustis_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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We distinguish within this group two widely different series of forms, which we will speak of as bacilli and cocco-bacteria respectively.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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In Fernando Po the king after installation is forbidden to eat cocco (arum acaule), deer, and porcupine, which are the ordinary foods of the people.
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In Fernando Po the king after installation is forbidden to eat cocco (arum acaule), deer, and porcupine, which are the ordinary foods of the people.
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Fernando Po the king after installation is forbidden to eat cocco
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
bilby commented on the word cocco
In the Perugia dialect of Italian, cocco means friend. I guess you'd be popular there too, Prolagus :-)
April 3, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word cocco
OK, but again, in Italian it means coconut!
(Note: the discussion started here)
April 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word cocco
Hai ragione.
April 3, 2008