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COCONUT PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coconut palm mean? 

COCONUT PALM (noun)
  The noun COCONUT PALM has 1 sense:

1. tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropicsplay

  Familiarity information: COCONUT PALM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COCONUT PALM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coco; coco palm; cocoa palm; coconut; coconut palm; coconut tree; Cocos nucifera

Hypernyms ("coconut palm" 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 "coconut palm"):

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 ("coconut palm" is a member of...):

Cocos; genus Cocos (coconut palms)


 Context examples 


The slides were slowed or halted by the coconut palm plantations.

(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)



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