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• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• Coco de Mer — Sea coconut redirects here. For the fruit eaten as a snack, see Borassus flabellifer. Coco de Mer Coco de Mer with fruit Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Coco de mer — Sea coconut redirects here. Sea coconut may also refer to the fruit of the Asian palmyra palmtaxobox name = Coco de mer image caption = Coco de mer with fruit status = VU status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms… …   Wikipedia

• tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …   Universalium

• coco de mer — [ˌkəʊkəʊdə mɛ:] noun a tall palm tree native to the Seychelles, having an immense nut in a hard woody shell. [Lodoicea maldivica.] Origin C19: from Fr. coco de mer, lit. coco from the sea (because the tree was first known from nuts found floating …   English new terms dictionary

• coco-de-mer — n. a tall palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles. Etymology: F * * * ˌkō(ˌ)kōdəˈma(a)(ə)r noun ( s) Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: French : sea coconut 1b …   Useful english dictionary

• coco-de-mer — noun /ˌkəʊkəʊdəˈmɛː/ a) A tall palm tree, Lodicea maldivica, found in the Seychelles. b) The woody nut of such a tree. Syn: sea coconut, Seychelles nut …   Wiktionary

• Coquilla nut — Co*quil la nut [Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim. of coco a cocoanut.] (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree ({Attalea funifera} of Martius.). [1913 Webster] Note: Its shell is hazel brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …   Wikipedia

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• Coconut — For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia