What is a Coconut. I know it is not a nut but is it a fruit or something else.
2006-09-12 03:29:40 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
A coconut is not a nut it is a fruit. It is mostly grown in tropical areas such as Florida or the beautiful island of Jamaica. it is a large fruit about the size of your head or larger. It contains a juice called coconut water, that looks like water but a bit sweet, you might get about three cups of it from one coconut. It also has a fruit componenet that is jelly like or sometimes hard like a cookie. One good size coconut can full you for the day.
2006-09-12 06:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by Nico W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a friut:
Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut). The husk (mesocarp) is composed of fibres called coir and there is an inner "stone" (the endocarp). This hard endocarp (the outside of the coconut as sold in the shops of non-tropical countries) has three germination pores that are clearly visible on the outside surface once the husk is removed. It is through one of these that the radicle emerges when the embryo germinates. Adhering to the inside wall of the endocarp is the testa, with a thick albuminous endosperm (the coconut "meat"), the white and fleshy edible part of the seed.
2006-09-12 10:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Professor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth. The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm.
Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut).
2006-09-12 15:30:06 · answer #3 · answered by ms_jaffa_cake 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A coconut is a simple dry fruit with a fibrous inside and liquid (juice). It grows on a coconut palm tree and can be used for many different recipes and desserts. The liquid can be drank right from the coconut and is done so many places. It is kind of sweet and really has an acquired taste. The fibrous part can be used fresh or dried and makes up the "flakes" that people traditionally associate with the coconut.
2006-09-12 10:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A fruit is anything with seeds. A tomato is a fruit, believe it or not. A coconut is your head. Nah, just kidding - a coconut is a nut.
2006-09-12 10:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by mick241602 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cococnut is a hard-shelled fruit containing sweet juice: the fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a hard fibrous husk around a single-seeded nut with firm white flesh that is eaten raw or dried to make copra and a hollow core containing sweet-tasting liquid coconut milk.it flesh, the sweet white flesh of the coconut fruit are used widely in cooking and confectionery in the form of small dried flakes
2006-09-12 10:37:17 · answer #6 · answered by sabrina 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
coconut is a fruit. When it's green on the outside it;s fresh on the inside with a thin layer of pulp and coconut water that is sweet. When it's dark brown on the outside which means it has dried out and become fiber but the inside pulp becomes hard and easier to cut and use it for cooking. it's awesome.
2006-09-12 13:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fruit
2006-09-12 20:23:28 · answer #8 · answered by kittykat_x25 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
co‧co‧nut /ËkoÊkÉËnÊt, -nÉt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[koh-kuh-nuht, -nuht] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
2. the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cooking, as a flavoring, and as a dessert topping.
3. coconut palm.
Also, cocoanut.
2006-09-12 15:54:19 · answer #9 · answered by tonaandmaylea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the fruit of the coconut palm
2006-09-12 10:32:42 · answer #10 · answered by jazzy_chica85 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋