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# coco

«coco» in Mova's school dictionary: **The coconut palm, the tall tropical tree that grows…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (coco, cocos); proper noun (Coco, a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The coconut palm, the tall tropical tree that grows coconuts; also short for coconut in words like «coco fibre» and «coco husk». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#m1)

2) (a name) Coco is a first name or pet name for people and animals, for example the fashion designer Coco Chanel or a pet dog called Coco. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#m2)

3) Part of brand and film names, such as the breakfast cereal Coco Pops and the Disney film «Coco» about the Mexican Day of the Dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

It is a short honest entry: in everyday life the word mostly appears as part of «coconut», in plant-pot fibre («coco coir»), and as a name. In geography it links to tropical beaches where coconut palms grow. Phrases: «coco palm», «coco fibre», «coco coir».

### examples

- The coco palm grows along tropical beaches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#x1)
- Mum lined the hanging basket with coco fibre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#x2)
- Our neighbour's poodle is called Coco. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#x3)
- We watched the film «Coco» about a boy and his family's music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#x4)
- Coco Chanel was a famous French fashion designer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#x5)
- I had a bowl of Coco Pops before school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/#x6)

### note

Do not confuse «coco» (the coconut palm) with «cocoa» (powder from cacao beans used for chocolate drinks); they sound the same but are different plants. As a name it is written with a capital C.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coco» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coco/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.