coco-de-mer
noun
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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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For Chris Kaiser-Bunbury, the charms of the coco-de-mer go well beyond schoolboy humour.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
Female coco-de-mer trees bear the largest seed in the plant kingdom No-one knows whether the palms are pollinated by the wind, or by an insect or even indeed by a gecko.
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
But it seems that coco-de-mer nuts tend to germinate naturally very close to the mother tree.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2011
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
From upas to coco de mer, an arboreal odyssey.
From Nature ● Jun. 5, 2018
The coco de mer is as useful as the more common cocoa-nut.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
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 Sir Samuel White Baker
These trees are some of the rare and celebrated coco de mer.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
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