coconut and coconut palm tree ( Cocos )

Pronunciation key ( kō′kə-nut′ )

co•co•nut

n.

1. Oval fruit consisting of a thick, fibrous oval brown husk covering a hard shell which encloses a layer of edible white flesh which surrounds a hollow center filled with a sweet, milky fluid called coconut milk.
2. A tall palm tree that grows and is cultivated throughout the tropics for the fruit which provides a source of fruit and drink. The foliage is used for thatch.
3. also spelled, cocoanut.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
The tree and cross section of the fruit.
Kingdom	Plantae – Vegetal, plants
Subkingdom	Viridaeplantae – green plants
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants
Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants
Infradivision	Angiospermae – flowering plants, angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida
Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons
Order	Arecales
Family	Arecaceae
Genus	Cocos L. – coconut palm
Direct Children:
Species	Cocos nucifera L. – coconut palm, Palma de Coco

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Cocos, L., Taxonomic Serial No.: 42450