Coco-de-mer Definition

kōkō-də-mâr
noun
A fan-leaved palm (Lodoicea maldivica) native to the Seychelles, having an extremely large seed enclosed in a hard shell resembling a pair of coconuts.
American Heritage
The seed of this plant.
American Heritage
The woody nut of such a tree.
Wiktionary

Origin of Coco-de-mer

  • French coco de mer, literally "˜nut of the sea', because it was originally known only from its nuts found floating in the water.

    From Wiktionary

  • French coco coconut de of mer sea

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Coco-de-mer Sentence Examples

  • Of these the best known is the Lodoicea sechellarum, a palm tree indigenous only in Praslin Island - but since introduced into Curieuse - noted for its fruit, the so-called Maldive double coco-nut or coco de mer.

  • Minor exports are cocoa, coco-de-mer and beche-de-mer.

  • From the leaves of the coco-de-mer are made baskets and hats.

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Words Starting With

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