Cocoa-nut

Cocoa-nut, whose milk has refreshed the traveller and perplexed the natural philosopher.

Burlesques 2006

Cocoa-nut trees he had never seen, though he had heard wonders related regarding the milky contents of their fruit.

The Newcomes 2006

Cocoa-nut, whose milk has refreshed the traveller and perplexed the natural philosopher.

Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

Cocoa-nut trees fringe the river bank for some distance, and there are some large, spreading trees loaded with the largest and showiest crimson blossoms I ever saw, throwing even the gaudy Poinciana regia into the shade; but nothing can look very attractive here, with the swamp in front and the jungle behind, where the rhinoceros is said to roam undisturbed.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Cocoa-nut trees usually, however, fringe the shore, but were it not for the wonderful colour of the ocean, like liquid transparent turquoise, revealing the coral forests shelving down into purple depths, and the exciting proximity of sharks, it would have been wearisome.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

Cocoa-nut milk and water, is the common beverage of the natives of the _New Hebrides_.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 Various

_ -- Mr. Dance, Mr. Glennie, and I, were deputed to take charge of a large party of midshipmen, who had not been able before to take a run on shore, to spend the day on Cocoa-nut Island, which lies a good way up the harbour, and within the reef of Pernambuco.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

We had not exactly calculated the effect of the tide so far up the harbour as Cocoa-nut Island, consequently we got aground in the outer channel, at a considerable distance from the shore.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

The quality of the Cocoa-nut Squash is extremely variable.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

Cocoa-nut oil should absorb 8.9 to 9.3 per cent. iodine.

The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton