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GENUS COCOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cocos mean? 

GENUS COCOS (noun)
  The noun GENUS COCOS has 1 sense:

1. coconut palmsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS COCOS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS COCOS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Coconut palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cocos; genus Cocos

Hypernyms ("genus Cocos" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cocos"):

coco; coco palm; cocoa palm; coconut; coconut palm; coconut tree; Cocos nucifera (tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics)

Holonyms ("genus Cocos" is a member of...):

Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales)


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