coco plum

noun

variants or less commonly cocoa plum

1

: a small spreading tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) of tropical America

2

: the plum-shaped fruit of the coco plum tree varying from nearly white to almost black and used for preserves

Word History

Etymology

coco by folk etymology from Spanish icaco, hicaco

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