kokoon

noun2

1. •
   A tree of the genus Kokoona.

   • The inner yellow bark of the kokoon tree of Ceylon (Kokoona Zeylanica, Thw.) is employed there as a febrifuge and stimulatory, and as a dye. — 1872
2. •
   (no longer used) A gnu; a brindled gnu.

   • Mixed squads of kokoons and zebras are practising their wild gambols over the level plain, kicking, frolicking, butting, and pursuing each other with untiring perseverence — 1845