coconut palm

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noun

a tall, tropical palm, Cocos nucifera, bearing large, hard-shelled seeds enclosed in a thick, fibrous husk.Compare coconut(def 3).

Origin of coconut palm

First recorded in 1830–40

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Indeed the frequency of the coconut-palm was the only non-Malayo-Australian feature in the vegetation.
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British Dictionary definitions for coconut palm

coconut palm

noun

a tall palm tree, Cocos nucifera, widely planted throughout the tropics, having coconuts as fruitsAlso called: coco palm, coconut tree

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Indeed the frequency of the coconut-palm was the only non-Malayo-Australian feature in the vegetation.

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