cocoanut, cokernut

1. Ord. Lang., Bot., .: Cowper: Task , i. 640. (1) The fruit of the palm described under No. 2. The ovary contains three ovules, but two of these are uniformly abortive. They leave three scars on one end of the fruit, one of which is so soft that it may be pricked with a pin: from this the embryo comes. The other two are hard and impenetrable. Its use for food, and the delicious beverage it contains, are universally known. The fibers which surround the rind are made into a kind of cord, called coir-rope, which, from its elasticity and strength, is well adapted for cables. See also Cocoanut Oil. (2) The tree furnishing the fruit. [COCOA (1), 2.] 2. Chem .: The colorle , slightly opalescent fluid contained in the interior of the seed of Cocus nuci . fer a is called the milk. It consists of 91.5 per cent. of water, 0'46 protein, 07 fat, 6'78 non-nitrogenous extractive matter, and 119 ash. The ash of the kernel of the cocoa-nut contains about 43 per cent. of potash, 8 soda, 4'1 lime, 9 magnesia, 13.5 chlorine, 16:9 phosphoric acid, 5' sulphuric acid, and 0.5 of silicic acid. The double cocoa-nut: A palm, Lodoica sey chellarum . (4 Sea cocoa - nut : The same as Double Cocoa-nut Cocoa - nut fiber : The fiber in which the cocoa-nut is enveloped. Cocoa-nut oil: Comm.: The fatty substance extracted from Cocus nucifera, . A whitish peculiar smelling fat, melting at 25°, and remaining liquid for some time. It easily turns rancid when exposed to the air, and consists chiefly of glycerides of caprylic acid, C7H15COOH, lauric acid, CH3COOH, myristic acid, C13HCOOH, together with palmitic acid, C15H31COOH. It was formerly thought to contain cocinic acid, C13H6O2, melting at 35°, but it has been found to be a mixture of lauric and myriatic acid. Cocoa-nut fat is chiefly used in the manufacture of soap, the refuse of the nuts being formed into a cake for feeding cattle. Some of the fatty acids are said to be uncombined with glycerin. The more solid portion can be separated from the mora liquid and i by pre ure, and used for the manu facture of candles. , , del