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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COCO DE MER

French: coconut of the sea.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COCO DE MER

coco de mer  [də ˈmɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COCO DE MER

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coco de mer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COCO DE MER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

coco de mer

Coco de Mer

The Sea Coconut also known as Coco de Mer, the sole member of the genus Lodoicea, is a palm endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. It formerly also was found on the small islets of St Pierre, Chauve-Souris and Ile Ronde, all located near Praslin, but has become extinct there. The name of the genus, Lodoicea, is derived from Lodoicus, the Latinised form of Louis, in honour of King Louis XV of France.

Definition of coco de mer in the English dictionary

The definition of coco de mer in the dictionary is a palm tree, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut. Other definition of coco de mer is the nut of this palm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COCO DE MER


Khmer
kmɛə
mare
mɛə
mayor
mɛə
nightmare
ˈnaɪtˌmɛə
Weston-super-Mare
ˈwɛstənˌsuːpəˈmɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COCO DE MER

coco
coco palm
cocoa
cocoa bean
cocoa butter
cocoanut
cocobola
cocomat
cocomposer
coconscious
coconsciousness
coconspirator
coconut
coconut butter
coconut ice
coconut matting
coconut milk
coconut oil
coconut palm
coconut shy

WORDS THAT END LIKE COCO DE MER

comer
consumer
customer
disclaimer
farmer
former
gamer
hammer
homer
hummer
mal de mer
palmer
performer
primer
programmer
summer
the former
timer
transformer
Zimmer

Synonyms and antonyms of coco de mer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coco de mer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COCO DE MER

Find out the translation of coco de mer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coco de mer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coco de mer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

COCO海天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coco de mer
570 millions of speakers

English

coco de mer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोको डे मेर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كوكو دو مير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Коко де Мер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coco de mer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোকো দে মের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coco de mer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coco de mer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Coco de Mer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ココドゥメール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코코 드 메르
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coco de mer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

coco de mer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோகோ டி மெர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोको डे मेर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kakao de mer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coco de mer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coco de mer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Коко де Мер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coco de mer
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

coco de mer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

coco de mer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coco de mer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Coco De Mer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coco de mer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COCO DE MER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COCO DE MER» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCO DE MER»

Discover the use of coco de mer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coco de mer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seychelles
Paul Tingay. It was not long before the coco de mer aroused interest in a totally different way. General (at that time Colonel) 'Chinese' Gordon visited Praslin in 1881 and wrote a lengthy dissertation entitled Eden and Its Two Sacramental Trees ...
Paul Tingay, 2006
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The Damby Tradition of the Kono of Sierra Leone-West Afric: ...
The young Coco de Mer palms are of nothing but massive leaves with a height of about 14 meters and, takes about 15 years before the first signs ofa trunk appear. To reach full maturity, requires a period of 20 to 40 years. A fully matured Coco ...
Kumba Femusu Solleh, 2012
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Seychelles: The Bradt Travel Guide
About 2km from the village, the bus stop, car park and entrance to the World Heritage Site of Vallée de Mai, home of the coco de mer, are reached. This is a must-see attraction and is detailed later in this chapter. About 500m beyond the park ...
Lyn Mair, Lynnath Beckley, 2012
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The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, ...
The female flowers swell into the coco-de-mer fruits. As mysterious as its erogenous qualities is the fruit's history. Few even knew the island of Praslin existed until 1756, when European cartographers stumbled onto its sandy beaches. Before ...
Adam Leith Gollner, 2013
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Articles on Biota of Seychelles, Including: Coco de Mer, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Forest genetic resources conservation and management: in ...
CASO 1: Lodoicea maldivica (coco-de-mer) en Seychelles El coco-de-mer, famoso por sus grandes frutos, poco comunes, con forma de pelvis femenina, es sinónimo de las islas Seychelles. Las flores masculinas y femeninas están en ...
‎2001
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The Encyclopedia of Aphrodisiacs: Psychoactive Substances ...
The nature reserve of Vallée de Mai on the island Praslin, homeland of the coco de mer. The palm was first noted here in 1743. Some of the mature trees are 600 to 800 years old. (Seychelles, 1986) In the Seychelles islands it is said that in ...
Christian Rätsch, Claudia Müller-Ebeling, 2013
8
Best of the 2006 Penknife Press Short Story Writing Contest ...
“It may sound how you say, exagere, all this talk of the Coco-de-Mer. Before I saw it, I thought, it is only a tree, what is so special?” We putt along in the bus, out of the town traffic now. Since we arrived, we had heard about the Coco-de-Mer.
L. C. Redmond, 2007
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Flora of Seychelles: Coco de Mer, Wildlife of Seychelles, ...
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Books Llc, 2010
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African Wildlife Laws
The Coco-de-mer (Management) Decree, 1978 (No.9 of 1978) provides for the registration of producers and licensing of dealers of coco-de-mer nuts. Breadfruit and jackfruit trees are protected from destruction under the Breadfruit and Other ...
‎1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCO DE MER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coco de mer is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Seychelles are a true paradise but there's more to enjoy than …
The coco de mer was considered the forbidden fruit because of its aphrodisiac qualities, which proves that medicine in the 1800s wasn't too far ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
Putting people at the center of sustainable tourism development
He then presented Mr. Steiner with two books on the coco de mer, which is the world's largest nut, and one of the Seychelles' Festival of the ... «eTurboNews, Jun 15»
3
To save endemics
The coco de mer is an endemic species and the largest seed in the plant kingdom and derived from a palm tree once believed to grow in the ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
4
Nutty in Seychelles
Most people head here to see the icon of this tiny Indian Ocean nation — the suggestive Coco de Mer which is a double-lobed coconut that ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jun 15»
5
Coco de Mer
“Luxurious, enticing and empowering, Coco de Mer is where you explore the exhilarating limits of your erotic imagination. Online and in their ... «The Dieline, Jun 15»
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Nutty in Seychelles | Mumbai NYOOOZ
This Victorian actually said, "Externally the coco-de-mer represents the ... I look up at a cluster of pendulous female Coco de Mer attached to the ... «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
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Seychelles Tourism on the move meeting Belgian, Dutch and …
... with Koogen Vythelingum, Constance Hotels and Resorts with Virginie Fimbel, Coco de Mer Hotel and Black Parrot Suites with Ash Behari, ... «eTurboNews, Jun 15»
8
India's only double coconut tree artificially pollinated
This rare tree can be found in only two of the 115 Seychelles islands and is also called Coco de Mer (coconut of the sea), says Mr. Hameed. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Rare Double Coconut Palm, 2nd for Garfield Park Conservatory, Dies
The plant also called the coco de mer, or coconut of the sea, is a rarity known for its origin myths, beauty and difficult germination. It is grown ... «DNAinfo, Jun 15»
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Creative Department 10 June winners featuring DDB Argentina …
Coco de Mer has launched a compelling new film campaign 'X' – a collaboration between TBWA\London and Rankin – to engage people in a ... «The Drum, Jun 15»

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