Also 8 cohone, 9 cahoun. A species of palm (Attalea Cohune) found in Honduras. Hence cohune-palm, -tree, -oil.
1805. A. Duncan, Mariner’s Chron., III. 300. We cut down branches of the cohone trees.
1866. Treas. Bot., 110. Attalea Cohune, a native of Honduras, produces nuts called Cahoun nuts, which yield a valuable oil. Ibid., 311. Cohune oil.
1882. J. Smith, Economic Plants, 127. Cohune Palm.
