HyperDic: cocos_nucifera

English > 1 sense of the expression Cocos nucifera:
NOUNplantCocos nucifera, coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut treetall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits
English > Cocos nucifera: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.
Synonymscoconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree
Member ofCocos, genus Cocoscoconut palms
Partscoconut, cocoanutlarge hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
Broaderpalm, palm treeAny plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
Spanishcoco, cocos nucifera, cocotero
CatalanCoco, coco, cocos nucifera, Cocos nucifera, cocoter

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