kokum butter

noun

ko·​kum butter

ˈkōkəm-

variants or less commonly kokum or cocum

ˈkō-

plural -s

: a semisolid fat or liquid oil obtained from the seeds of a small East Indian tree (Garcinia indica) and used in India for food

called also Goa butter

Word History

Etymology

kokum, cocum, from Marathi kokam, kokamb mangosteen

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