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COCO-DE-MER

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co⋅co-de-mer

  [koh-koh-duh-mair]
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–noun
double coconut.
Origin:
< F: lit., sea coconut
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double coconut

 
–noun
1. a tall, stout, fan palm, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles Islands, having nuts that are the largest seeds of any plant, often weighing 50 lb. (22.6 kg): populations are declining.
2. the seed of this tree.
Also called coco-de-mer.

Origin:
1820–30
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co·co-de-mer   (kō'kō-də-mâr')   
n.   In both senses also called double coconut.

  1. A fan-leaved palm (Lodoicea maldivica) native to the Seychelles, bearing the largest seed of all plants, which is enclosed in a hard shell resembling a pair of coconuts joined in the middle.

  2. The hard-shelled seed of this plant.


[French : coco, coconut + de, of + mer, sea.]
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