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For __________, the coconut has been central to the lives of Polynesian and Asian peoples.

In the western world, on the other hand, coconut have always been _________and unusual, sometimes rare.

Today, images of______ -_________ tropical beaches are cliches in the west to sell holidays, chocolate bars, fizzy drinks and even romance.

Today, images of palm-fringed tropical beaches are______s in the west to sell holidays, chocolate bars, fizzy drinks and even romance.

Typically, we _______ coconuts as brown cannonballs that, when opened, provide sweet white flesh.

This is an important source of______for building houses, and is increasingly being used as a replacement for endangered hardwoods in the furniture construction industry.

The trunk is ________ed by a rosette of leaves, each of which may be up to six metres long.

The woody innermost layer, the shell, with its three ____________ ‘eyes’, surrounds the seed.

An important product obtained from the shell is_________, which is widely used in various industries as well as in the home as a cooking fuel.

Dried coconut flesh, ‘copra’, is ______ _______ coconut oil and coconut milk, which are widely used in cooking in different parts of the world, as well as in cosmetics.