Copra is the dried, white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted. Traditionally, the coconuts are
sun-dried, especially for export, before the oil, also known as copra oil, is pressed out.
Copra is valued for the coconut oil extracted from it and for the resulting residue, coconut-oil cake, which is used
mostly for livestock feed. Copra was introduced as a source of edible fat in northern Europe in the 1860s because of a
shortage of dairy fats.