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copra

Dried meat from the kernel of the coconut, used to make coconut oil.
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He was a little old Frenchman, with soft kind eyes and a pleasant smile, half trader and half seaman, who owned a cutter in which he wandered boldly among the Paumotus and the Marquesas, taking out trade goods and bringing back copra, shell, and pearls.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The tender tips of the fallen palms were likewise eaten, while the thousands of coconuts were husked and split and sun-dried and smoke-cured into copra to be sold to the next passing trader.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
He would buy a schooner - one of those yacht-like, coppered crafts that sailed like witches - and go trading copra and pearling among the islands.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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