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Coconut genetics preserve a record of prehistoric trade routes -- Past Horizons (28 June 2011)
Deep History of Coconuts Decoded: Origins of Cultivation, Ancient Trade Routes, and Colonization of the Americas -- ScienceDaily (24 June 2011)
Researchers Create Car Parts From Coconuts -- ScienceDaily (24 June 2011)

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coconut

NOUN:

the drupaceous fruit of the coconut palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and coconut milk

the edible meat of the coconut

ADJECTIVE:

ETYMOLOGY:

First Known Use: 1516

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Coconut

Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
	Angiosperms
	Monocots^[1]
:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Cocoeae
Genus:	Cocos
Species:	C. nucifera'

Binomial name

Cocos nucifera
L.

Wikispecies

Coconut [Research & Impact: Areas of Research] -- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Coconut -- Wikipedia:
Coconut -- Wikibooks Cookbook
Coconut Research Center
Coconut Time Line
Cocos nucifera -- Purdue University crop pages
Cocos nucifera information -- Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

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Layers of the coconut fruit
(1) Exocarp / Epicarp
(2) Mesocarp
(3) Endocarp
(4) Endosperm
(5) Embryo

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The range of the natural habitat of the coconut palm tree delineated by the red line
(based on information in Werth 1933,[22] slightly modified by Niklas Jonsson)

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