noun
coco
KOH-koh/kˈoʊkˌoʊ/
A tropical palm bearing coconuts.
A coco bears a cluster of coconuts beneath its fronds.
Etymology
Coco meant a grinning or grimacing face: the coconut’s three shell depressions resembled a human or monkey face. That resemblance supplied the name for the fruit and its palm.
More examples
- The storm bends the coco's long fronds.
- Workers plant young cocos along the sandy road.
- Coconuts hang beneath the leaves of the coco.
Forms
coco · cocos
Similar words
- coconut palm
- The usual American term for the same tropical tree.