Cocos nucifera


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Noun1.Cocos nucifera - tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruitsCocos nucifera - tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
cocoanut, coconut - large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
Cocos, genus Cocos - coconut palms
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The recipes included cutting in pieces and soaking in water equal amounts of Xylopia aethiopica (Eeru) and Cocos nucifera (coconut seed and pod) for three days.
Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) is considered one of the most important tropical species used by man, known as the "tree of life", as it allows the elaboration of more than 100 products and byproducts, being found in all tropical regions of the globe.
INGREDIENTS WT% Phase A Bayberry Wax (Koster Keunen, Inc) 12.0 (Myrica cerifera (bayberry) wax) Sunflower Wax (Koster Keunen, Inc) 13.0 (Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed wax) Kester Wax K-60P (Koster Keunen, Inc) 15.0 (Polyhydroxystearic acid) Kester Wax K-24 (Koster Keunen, Inc) 8.0 (Lauryl laurate) Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (Lincoln Fine Ingredients) 29.0 (Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil) Jojoba Oil (Lincoln Fine Ingredients) 12.0 (Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil) Rice Bran Oil (Lincoln Fine Ingredients) 8.0 (Oryza sativa (rice bran) oil) Soft Calcium Powder ST147010 (Brenntag Specialties) 2.0 (Calcium carbonate (and) capryloyl lysine) Vitamin E Acetate (BASF) 0.8 (Tocopheryl acetate) Fragrance (Parfum) 0.2 PROCEDURE: Combine all ingredients except for the fragrance.
The coconut palm (cocos nucifera) is a universal symbol of the tropics everywhere.
Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is nice-tasting and may enhance the acceptance of food products.
According to frequency classes very frequent (> 20%) pollen types were Brassica nigra, Phoenix sylvestris (during January); Coriandrum sativum (in February); Borassus flabellifer (during March and April); Sesamum indicum (in May); Acacia auriculiformis, Cocos nucifera (in September); Cocos nucifera, Poa gangetica (in October) and Brassica nigra during November and December.
Malpighia emarginata (acerola) Diaspididae Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) Cocos nucifera (coconut) Aulacaspis tubercularis (Newstead) Mangifera indica (mango) Citrus sp.
Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) originated in the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins (GUNN et al., 2011) and has been cultivated and disseminated by humans since remote times throughout the tropical lowlands of the world.
Traditionally brain disorder (incoherent talk, hot temper) is treated by seed oil of Cocos nucifera. Pills made from the seeds of Syzygiumcumini is taken by the diabetes patients.