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  1. Coconut is a fruit of the coconut palm Cocos
  2. nucifera of the family Arecaceae, which grows
  3. throughout the lowland tropics. The fruit has
  4. a large outer husk of fibres, which is split
  5. off and used for coconut matting and ropes.
  6. Its hard shell contains white flesh and 
  7. coconut milk, both of which are nourishing
  8. and palatable. 
  9.  
  10. Subject by: Julian Love
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