*cocoa*

n. 1. the edible white meat of a coconut{ 3 }; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
Syn. -- coconut meat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the cocoa palm.
Syn. -- coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n., [ Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm. ] (Bot.) A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as its fruit. It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. It is widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations as an ornamental tree. [ 1913 Webster ]