ココス
解説 Definition
ヤシ科の植物で、ココナッツを実らせる。熱帯地域に生育する重要な作物。
A coconut palm or a plant belonging to the palm genus Cocos, especially the widely cultivated tropical species that produces coconuts. It is valued as a source of food, oil, fiber, timber, and other useful materials.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cocos はココヤシを表す植物名で、実を指す coconut と結び付けて覚えます。熱帯の島、cocos tree、cocos plantation という場面を思い描くと、木や植物群を指す語だと区別できます。一般英語では coconut palm のほうが明確で、Cocos は植物の属名として大文字で書かれることもあります。
Connect cocos with coconut, but keep the reference clear: coconut usually names the fruit, while cocos can identify the palm that produces it or the botanical genus Cocos. Picture a tall palm on a tropical island, with clusters of coconuts above a plantation. Expressions such as cocos tree and cocos plantation in the examples reinforce the plant sense. In ordinary modern English, coconut palm is generally the clearer everyday term, whereas capitalized Cocos is familiar in botanical naming. The image of one useful tree supplying fruit, oil, fiber, and building material helps fix the meaning.
例文
The cocos tree grows abundantly on tropical islands throughout the Pacific.
ココヤシの木は太平洋全体の熱帯島嶼に豊富に生育しています。
Farmers harvested hundreds of coconuts from their cocos plantation.
農民たちは彼らのココヤシ農園から数百のココナッツを収穫しました。
The cocos tree provides not only food but also materials for construction.
ココヤシの木は食料だけでなく建設用の素材も提供します。
cocos の類義語・関連語
cocos の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cocos はポルトガル語・スペイン語の coco「お化け顔、しかめ面」に由来し、殻の三つの穴が顔のように見えたことから名づけられました。近代ラテン語 Cocos を経て英語に入った語です。関連語に coconut があります。
Cocos is the botanical genus name associated with the coconut palm. Its name is connected with Portuguese and Spanish coco, a word used for a frightening or grimacing face. Early European observers reportedly associated the three marks on a coconut shell with facial features. The form entered scientific classification through New Latin Cocos. Coconut was later formed in English from coco and nut. Beyond this established connection, the modern term is best understood primarily as a botanical name.
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