n. 1. A small tropical American tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) bearing edible plumlike fruit. Syn. -- coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, Chrysobalanus icaco. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. A plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves. Syn. -- cocoa plum, coco plum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. (Zool.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to Coregonus Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan. [ 1913 Webster ]