Meaning
The coconut — central to Jamaican life and cooking. The green 'water coconut' (or 'jelly') is chopped open for its refreshing water and soft jelly; the mature dry coconut is grated for coconut milk, the backbone of rice and peas, rundown, and countless dishes. 'Coco' here means coconut, not the coco root.
Examples
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Buy a jelly coconut fi di water pon a hot day.
Buy a jelly coconut for the water on a hot day.
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Grate di dry coconut fi mek milk.
Grate the dry coconut to make coconut milk.
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Rice an peas cook wid coconut milk.
Rice and peas is cooked with coconut milk.
Origin
The coconut palm's fruit; foundational to Jamaican cuisine (coconut milk) and refreshment (jelly/water coconut).
How it’s used
Green 'water/jelly coconut' for drinking; dry coconut grated for milk. Foundational to the cooking. See [[rundown]], [[coco-bread]].