[? A native African name.] The large flat polished bean of a climbing tropical shrub, Entada scandens (N.O. Leguminosæ), which has jointed pods six or eight feet long, containing in each joint one of these beans, about 2 inches across and half an inch thick. They are made into snuff-boxes, scent-bottles, spoons, etc., and are sometimes sold in the streets of London as West Indian Filberts.
1854. P. L. Simmonds, Comm. Products Veg. Kingd., 511. The horse-eyes and Cacoons of Jamaica … yield a considerable quantity of oil or fat.
1885. Lady Brassey, The Trades, 265. The pods … contain from ten to fifteen hard, brown, shining, flattened seeds, called cacoons.
