coconut

Everyday

1. A coconut is the large, hard, hairy brown fruit of a palm tree, with white flesh and liquid inside. tree →
2. Coconut is the white flesh used in cooking and sweets. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and science lessons, coconuts grow on palm trees on tropical beaches and can float across seas to spread their seeds. In everyday life, coconut is used in curries, cakes and sweets; coconut milk and water come from it. Phrases: coconut palm, coconut milk, desiccated coconut.

Examples

• Coconuts grow on palm trees. tree →
• We cracked open a coconut and drank the water. tree →
• This cake has coconut on top. tree →
• A coconut is very hard on the outside. tree →
• Coconut milk makes the curry creamy. tree →
• Coconuts can float across the ocean. tree →
• Don't sit right under a coconut palm; a falling coconut can hurt. tree →
• Tall palm trees grew in long rows on the shore and bore coconuts in their top branches. tree →

Note

Countable for the fruit (a coconut), uncountable for the food (some coconut). Spelling: coco-nut, no a. Fact: botanists call a coconut a drupe, not a true nut. Some people are allergic to coconut.