1.
‘tree’ coconut palm
+Cocos nucifera .
Samal taxonomy classifies the coconut palm with plants, distinct from trees. Partitive terms peculiar to the coconut palm
include mmey-mmey , "flower bract"; daul , "flower shealth"; labit , "fibrous bark"; langkey , "dry frond"; and, pappah , "central stem of leaf"; see also the following part of this entry for terms related to the coconut fruit.
2.
‘coconut’ mature unripe coconut.
This is one stage among six in the growth process. These stages include 1 mayang , "the flower"; 2 kambung , "bud"; 3 sokah , "mature unripe coconut"; 4 gangkul , "mature semiripe coconut"; 5 lahing , "mature ripe coconut"; 6 putang , "mature meatless coconut". Partitive terms related to the coconut fruit include banut , "husk"; baung , "whole empty coconut shell"; peyah "coconut shell pieces"; buwah-buwah or bot , "the white mass in sprouting nut"; tomoh , "the sprout of mature nut".