coconut palm

[koh-kuh-nuht pahm]

noun

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

coconut palm

noun

1. Also called: coco palm.  coconut tree. a tall palm tree, Cocos nucifera, widely planted throughout the tropics, having coconuts as fruits

Word History and Origins

Origin of coconut palm¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Surrounded by coconut palms on all sides, every house had turned into rubble.

From BBC

Despite wide interest in the global footprint of palm crops, the distribution of coconut palms across tropical Pacific atolls has received little attention.

From Science Daily

Over the past decade, so many property owners in this sparsely populated region of coconut palms and banana trees were eager to cash in that the number of birdhouses here jumped fivefold, Mr. Zulkibli said.

From New York Times

There was a simple wooden seesaw in the middle of the lot, and a dried-out coconut palm listed in the back.

From Literature

It offered a view of a vast lagoon speckled with rusted fishing ships that bring in tuna, and the coconut palms that fringe the thin circle of land that makes up the Marshalls’ main atoll.

From Washington Post