the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

[ Syn: coconut meat ]

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

[ Syn: cocoanut ]

tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

[ Syn: coconut palm , coco palm , coco , cocoa palm , coconut tree , cocos nucifera ]