A large Asian tree with edible seeds, or a tree-dwelling Southeast Asian primate; also spelled 'couki.'
From Sanskrit 'kukshi' or similar roots in Southeast Asian languages referring to the tree; introduced to English colonial vocabulary in the 1700s-1800s.
The kuki tree was sacred in many Southeast Asian cultures long before it became known to Western science—indigenous peoples understood its ecology thousands of years before botanists named it.
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