coco-de-mer
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coco de mer
coco de mernouna palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut
coco-de-mer
American
[koh-koh-duh-mair]
/ ˈkoʊ koʊ dəˈmɛər /
noun
coco de mer
British
/ də ˈmɛə /
noun
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a palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut
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the nut of this palm
Etymology
Origin of coco-de-mer
< French: literally, sea coconut
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But the Vallee de Mai is a dry forest, and the leaf litter formed by the dead coco-de-mer leaves is a tinder box.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
A Seychelles legend says that during a full moon the coco-de-mer trees walk around the forest in order to mate.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
Several of these creatures, including a breed of fruit fly that lives on the rotting husks of the coco-de-mer, are found nowhere else in the world but here in the Vallee de Mai.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
The male trees grow enormous catkins with hundreds of yellow flowers Not surprisingly, coco-de-mer nuts sell for high prices and you need an export permit to take them out of the Seychelles.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
Even a light breeze causes the giant fronds of the coco-de-mer trees to rub against one another with a sound like the creaking rigging of an old wooden schooner.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
From upas to coco de mer, an arboreal odyssey.
From Nature ● Jun. 5, 2018
This is called by the French the "coco de mer" from the large numbers that are found floating in the sea in the neighborhood of the islands.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
These trees are some of the rare and celebrated coco de mer.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
The coco de mer is as useful as the more common cocoa-nut.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
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