coconut oil

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co′conut oil′, 

1. Food a white, semisolid fat or nearly colorless fatty oil extracted from coconuts, used chiefly in foods and in the manufacture of soaps, cosmetics, and candles.

• 1830–40

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coconut oil noun

1. the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc