coconut palm
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊkəˌnʌt pɑːlm/
:
palmera de coco
- The base with its empty crew's barracks stands beneath the swaying coconut palms.
- plant coconut palms
Examples
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A pebbled path connects small houses of brick and mud set among coconut palms and other tropical trees.
Blog text (31) -
Nothing but a small strip of land one kilometer long, completely covered with coconut palms and birds.
Fiction book (2001) -
Overhead, the coconut palms lent sound to the breeze.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wide expanse of beach and long park of coconut palms have warmer light in the afternoon.
Academic text (2006) -
Martin saw colored lights on the boles of the coconut palms by the swimming pool.
Fiction book (1995) -
Towering mountains, white gold beaches... coconut palms and hot tropical sun.
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A deserted Keys beach: coconut palms and Australian pines.
Fiction book (2001) -
Around her, the island sped by: coconut palms, bamboo, hibiscus.
Fiction book (1998) -
The shade of the coconut palms offers a little of its lukewarm refreshment, and the sea a little of its briny scent.
Fiction book (2001) -
The beach was lined with tall coconut palms swaying gently in the breeze.
Synonyms
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1.8
A tall tropical tree with one trunk and large fan-shaped leaves
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1.0
A tall tree with one straight trunk and big leaves at the top
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1.0
A tall tropical palm tree that grows large hard fruits
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1.0
A tall tropical palm that grows coconuts near the coast
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2.6
A tall palm tree that grows a large round fruit with a hard shell in tropical places
A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts
A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts
A tall tropical palm tree that produces coconuts
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Morphology
The meaning 'a palm tree that produces coconuts' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'coconut' (the fruit/tree) with 'palm' (a tropical tree); this follows the standard noun+noun compound naming pattern in English. This compositional logic is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Coconut palm comes from a simple image: a tall palm tree that has round coconut fruits hanging high above the ground. So the name just means that kind of 'tree' that produces coconuts.