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• coco-de-mer
  coco-de-mer

  noun

  double coconut.
• coco de mer
  coco de mer

  noun

  a 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

1. double coconut.

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coco de mer British  

/ də ˈmɛə /

noun

1. a palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut

2. the nut of this palm

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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

But it seems that coco-de-mer nuts tend to germinate naturally very close to the mother tree.

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

For Chris Kaiser-Bunbury, the charms of the coco-de-mer go well beyond schoolboy humour.

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

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 Pearse, Alfred

These trees are some of the rare and celebrated coco de mer.

From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred

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