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Definition of Coco palm
1. Noun. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.
Terms within: Cocoanut, Coconut
Generic synonyms: Palm, Palm Tree
Group relationships: Cocos, Genus Cocos
Definition of Coco palm
1. Noun. The coconut palm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coco Palm
Literary usage of Coco palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"I have heard both the royal palm and coco palm likened to huge feather dusters
set on end over the landscape. This much is certain—a coral strand without ..."
2. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"it is licensed by the government, which derives from it a yearly revenue of about
40000 dollars, or about 10000/. COCO-PALM ..."
3. Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans by Frederick Albion Ober (1887)
"The Coco-palm.— To the dweller in the coast country of Mexico, there is no more
valuable product, be it tree or vegetable, than the coco-palm, ..."
4. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"The coco palm (or cocoa as we erroneously call it) is not a native of South America,
... Almost everywhere these coco-palm groves are thickly though not ..."
5. Mexican Resources: A Guide to and Through Mexico by Frederick Albion Ober (1884)
"Tke Coco-palm. — To the dweller in the coast country of Mexico, there is no more
valuable product, be it tree or vegetable, than the coco-palm ..."
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