How to Use coconut palm in a Sentence

coconut palm

noun
  • Coconut aminos is a dark brown sauce made by fermenting coconut palm sap.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The banks were thick with banana and mango trees and towering coconut palms.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Her product is made from just chilies, garlic, salt, coconut palm sugar and vinegar.
    — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare.
    — Time, 27 July 2023
  • More than anything, the coconut palm dominates the psyche here.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • On the other end, the galleons sent the Asian coconut palm to Mexico.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • Imagine warm waters of deep cobalt blue and bright teal green, vibrant coral reefs, pristine white sands and swaying coconut palms.
    — Tom Ricketts, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Stay in a water cottage on stilts over the lagoon, or opt for one of the beachside villas shaded by coconut palms.
    — Priscilla Eakeley, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Biscuit notes and a squirt of Key lime are accompanied by a rim of coconut palm sugar on the rim of the glass.
    — Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Those who stayed quickly ate all the papayas and coconut palms, forcing researchers to provision them with food.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Fine white sand, coconut palm trees overhead, a gently sloping beach and unobstructed views out to sea.
    — Sarah Stodola, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Rather than producing just a few large offspring (like, say, a coconut palm or a blue whale) annual plants throw a blue zillion seeds at you.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Coconut aminos are made by naturally aging the flower blossoms from coconut palm trees.
    — Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Those that emerge from their burrows into the intense tropical heat spend their time in the shade of the coconut palms, say, or among the branches of the ren trees.
    — Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Across from the swings was a basketball court, with a mural of adults and children playing in a tropical forest filled with coconut palms.
    — Edwidge Danticat, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
  • With its dazzling coastline framed by lush coconut palms, emerald waters, and granite boulders, this beach is one of the most photographed in the world.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Jaggery is derived from sugarcane, a perennial grass used for sugar production, or the sap of palms, such as date or coconut palms.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Traditionally, Lee’s ancestors used coconut palm fronds to weave items such as baskets, bags, and more.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
  • His mother, Nursaule, scoops him from a crib engraved with pictures of coconut palms and joggles him on her knee while the doctor readies his shot.
    — Time, 28 June 2018
  • Conventionally, vaatte is made from either coconut palm sap, cashew apple or other fruits.
    — Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The most popular flavor is the caramel almond crunch, the only flavor that uses coconut palm sugar instead of cane sugar.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The beach, which was located about a mile east of what is now Cocoplum Circle, was dotted with coconut palms and covered with white sand.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Everyone was steadily getting tipsy from the toddy (the sap tapped from coconut palms) being passed around in coconut shells, and teenagers were flirting.
    — Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Pristine sands studded with coconut palms hide just a handful of rooms, suites, and villas across a gorgeous 135-acre private island.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Sitting pretty on the west coast, Playa Kenepa is the Bentley of beaches with cliffs that shade the cove and warm waves that keep a beat with the coconut palms.
    — Melanie Refffes, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2019
  • And the signature vanilla includes shavings of gula jawa, the sugar of Indonesian coconut palms.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • But the ones surrounded by lush gardens and coconut palms here, accented with timeworn Buddhist antiques and fresh orchids, still feel like the real deal.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025
  • My father grew up in the area, in the city of Aguadilla, and used to tell me stories of secret beaches, towering coconut palms, and roadside stops for fresh mango ice cream.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2024
  • It’s made from the sap of the coconut palm, which is harvested, sometimes lightly fermented and blended with sea salt and occasionally with vinegar or water.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Sadiqa Glussman, who grows fruits and vegetables on her property to feed her family and run a business, says two of her coconut palms have been stripped of their fruit repeatedly.
    — Joan Murray, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026

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