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Is cocunut a fruit or a nut

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Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe. However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut, and a seed. Botanists love classification.


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The coconut can be all three Things: a fruit, a nut, and a seed.

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