Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cohune

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: co-hune
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cohune, perhaps from Miskito ókhún.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: cohune, ókhún

Inflected Forms

cohunes (plural)

Synonyms

cohune palm Orbignya cohune

Questions

What does cohune mean?: A palm tree of species Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
Where does cohune come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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