Definition of Cocos

1. Noun. Coconut palms.


Definition of Cocos

1. Noun. (plural of coco) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cocos

1. coco [n] - See also: coco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocos

cocooned
cocooneries
cocoonery
cocooning
cocoonings
cocoonish
cocoonlike
cocoons
cocopalm
cocopalms
cocopan
cocopans
cocopeat
cocoplum
cocoplums
cocos
cocoswood
cocottes
cocounsel
cocounseled
cocounseling
cocounselled
cocounselling
cocounsels
cocoyam
cocoyams
cocozelle
cocozelles
cocreate

Literary usage of Cocos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2005)
"Years ago Isla de Cocos was a safe offshore haven for pirates and corsairs preying on Spanish galleons. Sir Francis Drake and the ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"The Birds of the Galapagos Islands, with Observations on the Birds of Cocos and Clipperton Islands Plates I-VH. (Issued August 11, 1913) $1.00 ..."

3. The Garden Book of California by Belle Sumner Angier (1906)
"While Cocos plumosa is the variety most advocated by the commercial growers, yet when side by side with Cocos ..."

4. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"The Ross family has remained there ever since, its members intermarrying with the Cocos-born Malays. The present proprietor, Mr. George Clunies Ross, ..."

5. The Metropolitan (1835)
"THE Cocos' ISLES. WITHOUT pronouncing any opinion upon the merits of the case, we insert the following letter, the more especially, as it treats of a place ..."

6. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"Professor P. Biolley, naturalist of the Museo Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, visited Cocos Island, off the western coast of Costa Rica, in 1902, ..."

7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"A light and rather open soil is preferable for Cocos seeds, some growers using pure peat ... The most valuable Cocos to the florist is the Dwarf Cocoanut, ..."

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