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coconut palm
noun
: a tall pinnate-leaved coconut-bearing palm (Cocos nucifera) that grows along tropical coasts
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Its variety of inexpensive accommodations range from hostel-style bunks and individual huts built on stilts to campsites beneath coconut palms.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
Trump's 27-hole course, an 8-minute drive from his residence at Mar-a-Lago, features wide open spaces interspersed with rows of swaying coconut palms and a 58-foot waterfall.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
With its dazzling coastline framed by lush coconut palms, emerald waters, and granite boulders, this beach is one of the most photographed in the world.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
While coconut palms are not native to Florida, they were heavily relocated by Floridians years ago as essential economic crops.
—Ivy Nyayieka, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
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First Known Use
1764, in the meaning defined above
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“Coconut palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coconut%20palm. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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coconut palm
noun
: a tall palm that grows along tropical coasts and produces coconuts
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