coco

Examples

• All

• When the wind blows, you can hear the sea, and you can also hear the plants and cocos.

  Blog text (22)

• He walked up a coco palm, bent double, the afflicted foot and the good one against the trunk and his hands on the far side.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The coco palm swayed gently in the tropical breeze, its coconuts hanging from the fronds.

• During our vacation in the Caribbean, we enjoyed sitting under the shade of the tall coco palms.

Synonyms

P

palm tree

vscoco

46 1.0

A tall tree with one straight trunk and big leaves at the top

is the specific type that produces the distinctive large hard-shelled fruit

C

coconut

vscoco

23 1.0

A tall tropical palm tree that grows large hard fruits

is a regional short label rather than the formal species name

C

coconut tree

vscoco

4 1.0

A tall tropical palm that grows coconuts near the coast

is the shorter, informal common name used instead of the longer phrase

C

coconut palm

vscoco

1 2.7

A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts

is the shorter everyday label used in general speech

C

coco palm

vscoco

3.4

A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts

is the shorter, less formal label often used in casual speech

C

Cocos nucifera

vscoco

• Specialized

6.8

A tall tropical palm tree that produces coconuts

is the common everyday term rather than a scientific species label

C

cocoa palm

vscoco

4.0

A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts

is the standard name rather than this variant form

Compounds

C

coco de macao

• Specialized

9.9

A tall palm from northern Brazil that makes hard nuts used for oil and carved like ivory

C

coco palm

3.4

A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts

C

coco plum tree

• US

8.3

A small tropical tree that makes sweet fruit like plums near the coast

C

coco plum

• US

8.3

A small plum-shaped tropical fruit with light to dark skin used to make jam

C

coco plum

• US

8.8

A small tropical tree that grows edible plum-like fruit

Surface Forms

Etymology