1. A tall tropical American palm tree (Attalea cohune) that produces large nuts yielding an edible oil.
Usage: Also called cohune palm or corozo palm; Native to Central America and Mexico

Examples

• The cohune palm grows abundantly in the rainforests of Belize.
• Cohune nuts have been harvested for centuries by indigenous peoples in Central America.
• The oil extracted from cohune nuts is used in cooking and cosmetics.
• Cohune palms can reach heights of over 60 feet in their native habitat.