A coconut is a large, hard‑shelled fruit with white flesh and liquid inside, grown on tropical palm trees. People use its water, meat, milk, and oil for food and products.
“Coconut” comes from Portuguese and Spanish “coco,” meaning “head” or “skull,” because the three marks on the shell look like a face. The “nut” part was added in English to show it is a hard fruit.
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