Cocos

See also: cocos, cocoș, Cocoș, cocós, and cocôs

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin coccum (“berry, gall”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”).

Proper noun

Cocos f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Palmae – with one species - the coconut palm.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Arecales - order; Arecaceae - family; Arecoideae - subfamily, Cocoeae - tribe, Butiinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cocos nucifera - sole extant species

Coordinate terms

• (genera): Allagoptera, Butia, Jubaea, Jubaeopsis, Lytocaryum, Parajubaea, Polyandrococos, Syagrus, Voanioala, Paschalococos (extinct)

References

• Cocos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cocos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cocos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cocos

1. A municipality of Bahia, Brazil