cacoonery

[Eng. cocoon: -ery.] A place where silkworms are kept and bred. *cō-cos, s . [Latinized from cocoa (1) (q. v.).] Bot .: A genus of palms, the typical one of the section Cocoeæ. Both male and female flowers exist on the same spadix. The spathe is simple, flowers se ile, sepals 3, and petals 3, stamens 6, ovary 3-celled, stigmas 3. se ile, drupe fibrous. The juice of the unripe fruit of Cocos schizophyllus is prescribed in Brazil in slight attacks of ophthalmia.