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COCO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Synonyms:
coco; coco palm; cocoa palm; coconut; coconut palm; coconut tree; Cocos nucifera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coco" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "coco"):
cocoanut; coconut (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)
Holonyms ("coco" is a member of...):
Cocos; genus Cocos (coconut palms)