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    (c) Kimberlie Sasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)

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    (c) Tiziano Luka Pesci Rubilar, all rights reserved

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    (c) Steve Maldonado Silvestrini, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) scientik, all rights reserved

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    (c) Daniel Austin, all rights reserved

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    (c) Caitlyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

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The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the whole coconut palm or the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word. The term is derived from the 16th-century Portuguese and Spanish word coco meaning "head" or "skull", from the three indentations...

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