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Definition of Kokum
1. Noun. ''Garcinia indica'', a plant in the mangosteen family with culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kokum
1. an East Indian tree whose nuts yield butter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kokum
Literary usage of Kokum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Italian—Seyo (li kokum. For table of constants see p. 735. ... The acid constituents
of kokum butter are oleic and stearic acids, with small quantities of ..."
2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"Description—kokum Butter is found in the Indian bazaars in the form of ...
When kokum butter is long kept it acquires an unpleasant rancid smell and ..."
3. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"It is commonly known under the names of kokum Butter and Concrete Oil of Mangosteen.
... kokum Butter or Concrete Oil of Mangosteen is found in the Indian ..."
4. The Indigenous Drugs of India: Short Descriptive Notices of the Principal by Kanny Lall Dey, William Mair (1896)
"KoKUM BUTTER : MANGOSTEEN OIL. Vera.—Hind.—kokum, kokum-ka-tel ; Tarn. ...
kokum-chatel. This tree grows plentifully in the Konkan and Kanara districts of ..."
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