Thanks to my coconut guru friend Colin, I have learned much and it's time I pass the knowledge on to the the thousands of you who read my blog.
Botanically speaking, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a nut).The husk (mesocarp) is fibrous and there is an inner "stone" (the endocarp). This hard endocarp has three germination pores that are clearly visible on the outside surface once the husk is removed. It is through one of these that the radicle emerges when the embryo germinates. When viewed on end, the endocarp and germination pores resemble the face of a monkey, the Portuguese word for which is coco. And coconut water can be used as intravenous hydration since it is so similair to blood plasma.
On a side note: botanically a tomato is a fruit, however for import taxes it is considered a vegetable, as decided by the supreme court in 1893.
Therefore, we are starting a petition to give tomatoes everywhere the recognition of fruit status that it so rightly deserves. Please lend me your signature.