flyskyhero  +  574637 Thu, 09 Oct 08 02:57 AM Firstly, in oxford dictionary, furit: the part of a plant that consist of a stone/pit or seed and flesh, can be eaten as food and unusually tastes sweet. vegetable: a plant or part of a plant that is  eaten as food such as patatoes,beans and so on. secondly,the coconut is the part of coconut-palm, that consist of a flesh and seed can be eaten as food and tastes sweet. thirdly, we can conclude that coconut is a kind of fruit. flyskyhero Joined on Thu, Oct 9 2008 New Member 01

	Lakshwadeep  +  587894 Sat, 15 Nov 08 07:28 PM Here's what is written on wikipedia: In botany, a drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower. ... The coconut is also a drupe, but the mesocarp is fibrous or dry (in this case, called a husk), so this type of fruit is classified as a simple dry fruit, fibrous drupe. Unlike other drupes, the coconut seed is unlikely to be dispersed by being swallowed by fauna, due to its large size. It can, however, float extremely long distances across oceans. Lakshwadeep Joined on Sat, Feb 2 2008 United States Junior Member 90