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