plural of cochineal fig

A plant of Central and South America, of the cactus family, cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

Alternative form of seacoal

A common species of coati (Nasua narica), native to many wooded areas of the Americas.

Alternative spelling of corncob

(slang, politics) The United States West Coast.

A coal which has a grade between bituminous coal and anthracite, and which was once widely used as a fuel for steam engines in ships and locomotives.

Alternative form of cannel coal

The West Coast language, an Austronesian language spoken by the Bajau people in the west coast of Sabah.

In, or relating to, this language.