cocobolo

English

Etymology

Mid 19th century; via Spanish from Lokono kakabali.

Noun

cocobolo (countable and uncountable, plural cocobolos)

1. An oily tropical hardwood from Central America.
2. (historical) An old South American coin.

Translations

tropical hardwood

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微凹黃檀／微凹黄檀 (wēi'āo huángtán), 可可波羅／可可波罗 (kěkěbōluó)

Spanish

Noun

cocobolo m (plural cocobolos)

1. cocobolo

Descendants

• → English: cocobolo

Further reading

• “cocobolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014