Help with a coconut...?!


Question: Help with a coconut!.!.!.!?
is it a fruit or a nut!?!?
at work i have argued with the boos over itWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
coconut |?kōk??n?t| (also cocoanut)
noun
1 the large, oval, brown seed of a tropical palm, consisting of a hard shell lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid!. It grows inside a woody husk, surrounded by fiber!.
? the flesh of a coconut, esp!. when used as food!.
2 (also coconut palm or tree) the tall palm tree that yields this NUT, which grows mainly by coastal beaches and has become naturalized throughout the tropics!. Many tropical economies are dependent upon its products, which include copra and coir!. ? Cocos nucifera, family Palmae!.

i guess its a NUT!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The coconut is a fruit, the inside is the seed of the fruit!. Here is the actual definition of it:

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NOUN:

1!. The fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed!.
2!. The large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut, containing white flesh surrounding a partially fluid-filled central cavity!.
3!. The edible white flesh of the coconut, often shredded and used in food and confections or for the extraction of coconut oil!.
4!. A coconut palm!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've just looked on wikipedia also, and it says that a coconut is a simple dry nut known as a fibrous drupe!.

Coconut meat contains less fat than other dry nuts such as peanuts and almonds, it is noted for its high amount of saturated fat!. Approximately 90% of the fat found in coconut meat is saturated, a proportion exceeding that of foods such as lard, butter, and tallow!.
Coconut meat also contains less sugar and more protein than popular fruits such as bananas, apples and oranges, and it is relatively high in minerals such as iron, phosphorus and zinc!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think its a fruit, I dont know many nuts with stuff inside them!.

Wait, I just wikipedia'ed it for you, and it is in fact a FRUIT!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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