Copra - Encyclopedia

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

COPRA (a Spanish and Portuguese adaptation of the Malay kopperah, and Hindustani khopra, "the coco-nut), the dried broken kernel of the coco-nut from which coco-nut oil is extracted by boiling and pressing. Copra is the form in which the product of the coco-nut is exported for commercial purposes (see Coco NUT Palm) .