coconut palm

coconut palm n. A feather-leaved palm (Cocos nucifera) extensively cultivated in tropical regions for food, beverages, oil, thatching, fiber, utensils, or ornament.

coconut palm Cocos nucifera

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coconut palm

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall palm tree, Cocos nucifera, widely planted throughout the tropics, having coconuts as fruits Also called coco palm coconut tree

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coconut palm - tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera, coconut cocoanut, coconut - large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves Cocos, genus Cocos - coconut palms