coconut palm

[ koh-kuh-nuht pahm, ]

/ ˈkoʊ kə nət ˌpɑm, /

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noun

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

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Origin of coconut palm

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby coconut palm

coconut cream, coconut ice, coconut matting, coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut palm, coconut shy, coconut water, cocoon, cocooning, cocopan

How to use coconut palm in a sentence

Sports drinks and coconut water, which is lower in sugar, can also redeem electrolytes lost while drinking, says White.
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These villages used to harvest rubber, cacao, palm oil, and coffee beans.
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On the day of the AFI dinner, Hitchcock receives a wire from Frank Capra, who is in Palm Springs.
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In our digital world, all the accumulated knowledge of human history is available in the palm of our hands.
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About 9:30 p.m. on Palm Sunday in 1965, a tornado struck Toledo, Ohio.
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Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
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His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.
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In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.
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She had taken off her glove now, and her palm left on his a reminiscence of Peau d'Espagne.
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The natives of Guiana use a tube or pipe not unlike a cheroot, made from the rind of the fruit of a species of palm.
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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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