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Definition of Cocos nucifera

Cocos nucifera
Cocoa Co"coa (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm Co"coa palm` (p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

Meaning of Cocos nucifera from wikipedia

- The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term "coconut" (or...
- Southwest Asia and Melanesia is the center of origin for coconuts (Cocos nucifera), where it shows greatest genetic diversity. A study in 2011 identified...
- core and growing bud of certain palm trees, most notably the coconut (Cocos nucifera), juçara (Euterpe edulis), açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea), palmetto (Sabal...
- (160 ft) elevation. Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca), coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), and pond-apple (Annona glabra) are the predominant trees, with an...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coconut may refer to the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), or to its fruit or the seed within its fruit. Coconut may also refer...
- pinnata (syn. A. saccharifera) Bor****us flabellifer Caryota Caryota urens Cocos nucifera Toddy palm Palm sugar Media related to Sugar palms at Wikimedia Commons...
- King coconut (Cocos nucifera var aurantiaca) is a variety of coconut, native to Sri Lanka, where it is known as Thæmbili (Sinhala තැඹිලි), also found in...
- Bor****us flabellifer, the palmyra palm Caryota, the fishtail palms Cocos nucifera, the coconut Nypa fruticans, the nipa palm Sugar palm This page is an...
- dominated by two canopy species—C. nucifera and H. sonora Cocos-Guettarda forest, dominated by the canopy species C. nucifera and G. speciosa: The understory...
- Makuti is thatching made from the sun-dried leaves of the coconut palm Cocos nucifera. It is widely used across East Africa. "Makuti". Summit Roofing. Retrieved...