Is a coconut a nut ?!
Is a coconut a nut ?
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a simple dry fruit, otherwise known as fibrous drupe
not a nut
No, it's a fruit.
No, FRUIT
Is a pineapple an apple?
no
Its a fruit
nuts technically ARE fruits.
Yeah, with coco in front of it.
It is a fruit
nope.
fruit but you can say its a big nut since it's in a nutshell.
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its considered a fruit of the coconut tree.
fruit
When a coconut is young, it has the properties of a fruit. When fully matured, it has the properties of a nut. Aside from its hard, nearly unbreakable shell, a coconut will sprout greens when left alone long enough.
No, coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut). <*-*>
No, it is a fruit!
Coconut
A large palm, Cocos nucifera, widely grown throughout the tropics and valuable for its fruit and fiber. Usually found near the seacoast, it requires high humidity, abundant rainfall, and mean annual temperature of about 85°F (29°C). Southern Florida, with mean temperature of 77°F (25°C), is at the limit of successful growth.
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.
Although many trees grow without special care, the crop lends itself to plantation culture with control of weeds, fertilization, and protection from diseases, insects, and animal pests. Palms begin to bear nuts the sixth year after planting and reach full bearing about the eighth year. Individual nuts mature about a year after blossoming and normally fall to the ground.
The oil from the dried coconut meats (copra) is widely used for margarine, soap, and industrial purposes. High-quality copra may be shredded for confectionery and the baking trade. The residue, after oil removal, is used for animal feed. Coconut husks are an important source of fiber called coir. Various grades of coir are used for ropes, mats and matting, and upholstery filling. See also Coir.
The coco palm is the most useful of all tropical plants to the native population. An important source of food and drink, it also furnishes building material, thatch, hats, dishes, baskets, and many other useful items. See also Arecales.
Good question, here's the real answer. Though its name suggests that it is a nut, I've always regarded coconut as a fruit. When the coconut is young, it has properties like fruit, and as it matures, it becomes more nutty. But in fact it is not a nut or a fruit; it is a seed. Once the husk is removed, the seed dies.
Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut). The husk (mesocarp) is composed of fibers 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. The endosperm surrounds a hollow interior space, filled with air and often a liquid referred to as coconut water, not to be confused with coconut milk.
A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity, and where the seed remains unattached or unfused with the ovary wall. Most nuts come from pistils with inferior ovaries (see flower) and all are indehiscent (not opening at maturity)
So nuts are fruit, but not all fruits are nuts.
Actually NOT
No.Its a fruit.
nope
Its a fruit but one they term a dry fruit.
Heres another one for you. The good old peanut is actually part of the vegitable family. So next time someone says I am allergic to nuts, give them a peanut.