अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.

A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.

Alt. of Cocobolas

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.

The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.

The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.

A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

Capable of being cooked.

Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.

Act of boiling.

Digestion.

The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.

A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

The scrotum.

A small bag or pouch.

A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

A pillow or cushion.