coque

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From French coque (literally “shell”). Doublet of coco.

A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Obsolete Synonym of coccus.

Fig. 22. One of the coques cut transversely; seeds parietal, very numerous, small, spread all over the internal surface of the coque.1821, Samuel Frederick Gray, A natural arrangement of British Plants, page 262:

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