copra

[ kop-ruh, koh-pruh ]

/ ˈkɒp rə, ˈkoʊ prə /

the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.

Also copperah.

Origin of copra

1575–85; < Portuguese < Malayalam koppara < Hindi khoprā coconut

Sellin' the Kanakas glass beads and calico for pearls and copra—two cupfuls of pearls for every bead.

Cy Whittaker's Place |Joseph C. Lincoln
Now and then a trading vessel comes here, and once a year a steamer collects the annual output of copra.

Through the South Seas with Jack London |Martin Johnson
When they found him, the next day, he was clean crazy—carried on all the time about somebody watering his copra.

Island Nights' Entertainments |Robert Louis Stevenson
Jack made his way across the street to the store where he usually sold his copra.

Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas |Lloyd Osbourne

He calculated the number of bags of copra that would be ready for his next schooner.

The Exiles of Faloo |Barry Pain

copra

/ (ˈkɒprə) /

the dried, oil-yielding kernel of the coconut

C16: from Portuguese, from Malayalam koppara, probably from Hindi khoprā coconut