Definition of Genus Cocos

1. Noun. Coconut palms.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cocos

genus Clintonia
genus Clitocybe
genus Clitoria
genus Clostridium
genus Clupea
genus Clusia
genus Cnemidophorus
genus Cnicus
genus Cnidoscolus
genus Coccothraustes
genus Cocculus
genus Coccus
genus Coccyzus
genus Cochlearia
genus Cochlearius
genus Cocos (current term)
genus Codariocalyx
genus Codiaeum
genus Coeloglossum
genus Coelogyne
genus Coelophysis
genus Coereba
genus Coffea
genus Cola
genus Colaptes
genus Colchicum
genus Coleonyx
genus Coleus
genus Colinus
genus Collinsia

Literary usage of Genus Cocos

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

1. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1886)
"The eleven other species of the genus Cocos are American, and all those which de Martius knew well are Brazilian.* Drude,5 who has studied the ..."

2. All about the "coconut Palm" (Cocos Nucifera): Including Practical by John Ferguson (1898)
"The eleven other species of the genus Cocos are American, and all those which de Martius knew well are Brazilian. ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"... at elevations of 5000 feet, both very lofty palms, and both recently reduced by Sir Joseph Hooker to the genus Cocos. ..."

4. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1836)
"4, 9. t See Parkinson's Org. Rem. Vol. i. PI. VII. fig. 1—5. M. Brongniart says, these fruits are undoubtedly of the genus Cocos, hear to Cocos lapidea, ..."

5. Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-leaved Plants: Comprising by Benjamin Samuel Williams (1876)
"The treatment recommended for the genus Cocos will suit these plants also. They are multiplied by seeds. ..."

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