Explain, I'm confused.
2006-12-17 17:24:57 · 11 answers · asked by Bobby23 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
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.
2006-12-17 17:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by WelshKiwi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The definition of a nut in the Oxford Concise Dictionary, is a fruit consisting of a hard or leathery shell enclosing edible kernel. A cocoanut certainly has a hard shell and contains an edible kernel (the coconut meat - that white stuff that you can eat) so it qualifies on all counts as a nut. As well, it can germinate a new plant, so you really couldn't call it anything but a nut.
2006-12-17 17:35:48 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A coconut isn't a nut, despite its nutty name. A nut is an indehiscent, dry fruit containing 1 seed. A coconut is not a nut, but instead is a fleshy fruit called a drupe.
2006-12-18 04:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by jubbie91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Id say it was a nut, or a seed, at any rate, it can produce a new tree, so it is , like a nut, the fertilized offspring of the coconut palm.
2006-12-17 17:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut).
2006-12-17 18:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by Mary R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fruit, 10 in. (25 cm) or more in length, is ovoid and obtusely triangular in cross section. The tough, fibrous outer husk encloses a spherical nut consisting of a hard, bony shell within which is a thin layer of fleshy meat or kernel. The meat is high in oil and protein and, when dried, is the copra of commerce.
2006-12-17 17:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut)."
2006-12-17 17:32:55 · answer #7 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is a fruit that grows on trees. Peanuts are also not nuts, they are legumes.
2006-12-17 17:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by the Goddess Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you confused. Names don't always make sense. A pineapple isn't an apple and doesn't come from a pine tree. A guinea pig isn't a pig and it doesn't come from Guinea. Don't sweat the small stuff.
2006-12-17 17:29:44 · answer #9 · answered by dawnsdad 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
its nut only.
the seeds which have shells are called nuts only.
why have a doubt?
2006-12-17 17:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋