Definition

Noun: The dried white flesh (kernel) of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extracted.

Usage

"Copra" is an uncountable noun referring to the commodity product. It is used in contexts of agriculture, trade, and manufacturing. * The primary use of copra is for pressing to produce coconut oil. * It is a significant export commodity in many tropical countries. * The quality of copra depends on the drying process.

Examples

• The farmers spread the coconut halves in the sun to dry the meat into copra.
• The price of copra on the international market directly affects the local economy.
• Coconut oil is manufactured from dried copra.

Advanced Usage

• Copra cake or copra meal: The residue left after oil is extracted from copra, used as animal feed.
• Copra mite: A pest () that can infest coconut palms and damage the developing copra.

Variants and Related Words

• Coconut: The whole fruit from which copra is derived.
• Coconut oil: The primary product extracted from copra.
• Desiccated coconut: Finely grated, dried coconut meat, often used in cooking and baking, which is a different processed product from bulk copra.

Synonyms

• Dried coconut meat
• Coconut kernel (when referring to the dried state for oil production)

Different Meanings

"Copra" has a single, specific meaning related to the dried product of the coconut. It does not have other common definitions or idiomatic uses.

Noun

1. the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted