[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cocoa \co"coa\ k=o"k-o, n., cocoa palm \co"coa palm`\
   k=o"k-o paumm`sp.  pg. coco cocoanut, in sp. also,
   cocoa palm. the portuguese name is said to have been given
   from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. pg. coco
   a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. cf., however,
   gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a
   kind of egyptian palm. bot.
   a tall palm tree producing the cocoanut cocos nucifera as
   its fruit. it grows in nearly all tropical countries,
   attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. the trunk is
   without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each
   being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of
   these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. it is
   widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations
   as an ornamental tree.
   1913 webster
see also:
cocos nucifera 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cocos nucifera
     n : tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted
         throughout the tropics syn: coconut, coconut palm, coco
         palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree
see also:
coconut coconut palm coco palm coco cocoa palm coconut tree 

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