‖ copra
(ˈkɒpra)
Also 6 chopra, 8 copera, 9 coprah, copperah.
[a. Pg. (and Sp.) copra (in Garcia 1563, Acosta 1578), app. ad. Malayālam koppara, in Hindī khoprā coco-nut. Now naturalized in some isles of Polynesia.]
The dried kernel of the coco-nut, prepared and exported for the expression of coco-nut oil.
| 1584 Barret in Hakluyt Voy. II. 413 (Y.) Chopra, from Cochin and Malabar. 1598 tr. Linschoten's Voy. 101 (Y.) The other Oyle is prest out of the dried Cocus, which is called Copra. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. 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 N. Guinea 275 Copra is the kernel of the ripe cocoa-nut, cut into small pieces and dried in the sun. |