Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun The seed of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
double cocoanut (which see, undercocoanut ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tall
palm tree , Lodicea maldivica, found in the Seychelles. - noun The woody nut of such a tree.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Prior to the discovery of Praslin, the alluring shell was periodically found floating in the ocean like a wet dream, leading sailors to speculate that it grew underwater hence the name coco-de-mer, or coconut of the sea.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Prior to the discovery of Praslin, the alluring shell was periodically found floating in the ocean like a wet dream, leading sailors to speculate that it grew underwater hence the name coco-de-mer, or coconut of the sea.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Prior to the discovery of Praslin, the alluring shell was periodically found floating in the ocean like a wet dream, leading sailors to speculate that it grew underwater hence the name coco-de-mer, or coconut of the sea.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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This fruit, worshipped by a cult, grows only in the Seychelles, where it is called the coco-de-mer.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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This fruit, worshipped by a cult, grows only in the Seychelles, where it is called the coco-de-mer.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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This fruit, worshipped by a cult, grows only in the Seychelles, where it is called the coco-de-mer.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Savage and Ashton have studied the population structure of the coco-de-mer palm (1983) and the impact of tourism (1991).
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There are considerable difficulties in effectively patrolling the area, and poaching of coco-de-mer nuts is a serious problem that might affect its future regeneration.
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Collection of coco-de-mer nuts is controlled by law; their commercialization is a government monopoly.
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Tourism is affecting the stand structure of the coco-de-mer.
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