COCO

coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera

(noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coco (plural cocos)

Coconut palm.

Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

Source: Wiktionary


Co"co, n. or Co"co palm.

Definition: See Cocoa.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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