coconut tree
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊkəˌnʌt tri/
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cocotero
- We could see coconut trees and the sun shimmering on the water like diamonds.
- climb a coconut tree
- a tall coconut tree
- the trunk of a coconut tree
Examples
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It sits snugly under the canopy of a lush mango tree surrounded by coconut trees all around, a typical farmer's house in their small village in Gumaca, Quezon.
Fiction book (1999) -
It is more common to be told "turn left at the road past the third coconut tree" than to be given a street address.
Academic text (1991) -
Look at that huge coconut tree!
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Right where that coconut tree is.
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In Florida, you got a terrific amount of coconut trees there.
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A big concern for the people there is, they are beginning to see softening of the coconut trees.
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The brightly lit house is surrounded by coconut trees.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the distance, almond and coconut trees sway in the breeze.
Blog text (7) -
Most women still climb the slender trunks of coconut trees to cut young leaves and make their own grass skirts.
Academic text (1991) -
Kamal climbed slowly to the top of the coconut tree, perhaps 50 feet high.
Synonyms
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A tall tropical palm tree that grows large hard fruits
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A tall palm tree that grows a large round fruit with a hard shell in tropical places
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A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts
A tall tropical palm tree that produces coconuts
A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts
A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'coconut' (a palm that bears coconuts) with 'tree' (a tall perennial plant); the phrase simply names a tree that produces coconuts. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward noun-noun modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun coconut tree is the tall tree that produces the fruit called a coconut. One popular story says sailors called the nut 'coco' because the three holes on its shell looked like a little 'face', so the coconut became the name of the nut and the coconut tree is simply the tree that grows those face-like nuts.