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Descriptor English: Cocos
Descriptor Spanish: Cocos
Descriptor cocos
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia ARECACEAE. Es una palmera tropical que produce un gran fruto comestible de cáscara dura del que también se obtiene aceite y fibras.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cocos
Descriptor French: Cocos
Entry term(s): Coco
Cocoanut
Cocoanuts
Coconut
Coconuts
Cocos nucifera
Cocos nuciferas
nucifera, Cocos
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.093.211
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003059
Scope note: A plant genus of the family ARECACEAE. It is a tropical palm tree that yields a large, edible hard-shelled fruit from which oil and fiber are also obtained.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EC economics
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91,63-85; was see under NUTS 1986-90; was heading 1963-85
History Note: 91(86)63; was see under NUTS 1986-90; was heading 1963-85; was in Cat J only 1963-80
DeCS ID: 3089
Unique ID: D003059
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Cocos - Preferred
Concept UI M0004698
Scope note A plant genus of the family ARECACEAE. It is a tropical palm tree that yields a large, edible hard-shelled fruit from which oil and fiber are also obtained.
Preferred term Cocos
Entry term(s) Coco
Cocos nucifera - Narrower
Concept UI M0004697
Preferred term Cocos nucifera
Entry term(s) Cocos nuciferas
nucifera, Cocos
Coconut - Narrower
Concept UI M0396549
Preferred term Coconut
Entry term(s) Cocoanut
Cocoanuts
Coconuts



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