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má-práao
มะพร้าว
The tropical fruit coconut, essential in Thai cuisine and daily life. Used for coconut milk in curries, fresh coconut water as a drink, and grated coconut in desserts. Thai speakers distinguish between young coconuts (มะพร้าวอ่อน) for drinking and mature ones for cooking. Found everywhere from street vendors to markets.
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