Noun
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tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits
widely planted throughout the tropics
- coconut palm - coco palm - cocoa palm - coconut tree - cocos nucifera -
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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the edible white meat of a coconut
often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
- coconut meat