coconut UK /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/US /ˈkoʊ.kəˌnʌt/noun 12forms 1 noun12 •A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. •A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity. •The edible white flesh of this fruit. •The coconut palm. •(offensive) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture. •(US, offensive) A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture. •(Australia, offensive) A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.Your mum is a white whore, you coconut. — 2016 •(Singapore, offensive) A Malay person who cannot speak Malay. •(Malaysia, offensive) An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil. •(slang) The human head.'How unfortunate.' 'Yes. It's rather causing him to go off his coconut. He's met a girl, you see. A peach.' — 2021 •(slang) A female breast.He compliments her erect posture and says her breasts look like big clusters of grapes hanging off a palm tree. You would expect him to say merely that he likes her big coconuts. — 2005 •(New-Zealand, offensive) A Pacific islander. formscoconuts