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