English > Cocos nucifera: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics. |
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Synonyms | coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree |
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Member of | Cocos, genus Cocos | coconut palms |
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Parts | coconut, cocoanut | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk |
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Broader | palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
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Spanish | coco, cocos nucifera, cocotero |
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Catalan | Coco, coco, cocos nucifera, Cocos nucifera, cocoter |
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