Also cocco-, cocoa-. The fruit of a West Indian tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; also the tree itself.
1676–99. Dampier, Voy., II. II. 107. There are also some Coco-Plums and Grapes, but not many.
1699. J. Dickenson, Jrnl. of Trav., 32. Indian Women, loaden with … Sea-side Cocco-Plumbs, and Sea-side Grapes.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 250. The Cocco Plumb Tree … grows generally to the height of seven or eight feet, and bears a fruit not unlike our European plumb.
1880. Libr. Univ. Knowl., IV. 107. Cocoa-Plum, an edible fruit … yellow, purple, or black.
