A one-page encyclopedia entry on the cocoa-nut palm (Cocos nucifera) from Zell's Encyclopedia. It describes the tree's botany, range and height, and lists the uses of its parts, including the fibre (coir) woven into cloth, ropes, mats and sacking, and leaves made into thatch and baskets. It includes an engraving of the tree and refers readers to a separate entry on cocoa-nut fibre.