coconut

Noun

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

• large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

• the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  coconut palm , coco palm , coco , cocoa palm , coconut tree , Cocos nucifera , cocoanut , coconut meat