royal honey moon

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  1. honeymooner
    someone recently married
    The erotic connotations of the coco-de-mer are obvious whether or not you are a royal honeymooner.
  2. coco
    tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits
    Even a light breeze causes the giant fronds of the coco-de-mer trees to rub against one another with a sound like the creaking rigging of an old wooden schooner.
  3. gecko
    any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
    A Seychelles legend says that during a full moon the coco-de-mer trees walk around the forest in order to mate
    He shows me giant white slugs crawling along the smooth stems of the leaves, fat brown coco-de-mer snails that sit on the tree trunks, and high up in the palm crowns, he spots several bright green geckos that feed off the tree's nectar and flowers.
  4. plant kingdom
    (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
    Female coco-de-mer trees bear the largest seed in the plant kingdom
    No-one knows whether the palms are pollinated by the wind, or by an insect or even indeed by a gecko.
  5. catkin
    a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
    The male trees grow enormous catkins with hundreds of yellow flowers
    Not surprisingly, coco-de-mer nuts sell for high prices and you need an export permit to take them out of the Seychelles.
  6. Seychelles
    a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
    The recently married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were presented with an unusual souvenir by the Seychelles government after their honeymoon to the country - a rare and mysterious coconut famed for its erotic shape.
  7. erotically
    in an erotic manner
    That is how they produce their erotically shaped "love nuts".
  8. pollinate
    fertilize by transferring spores from one plant to another
    Female coco-de-mer trees bear the largest seed in the plant kingdom
    No-one knows whether the palms are pollinated by the wind, or by an insect or even indeed by a gecko.
  9. aphrodisiac
    a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
    Aphrodisiac
    On the tree, the coconut is a giant green orb, but inside, with the outer husk removed, it closely resembles a female human bottom.
  10. fruit fly
    any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
    Several of these creatures, including a breed of fruit fly that lives on the rotting husks of the coco-de-mer, are found nowhere else in the world but here in the Vallee de Mai.
  11. fesse
    (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
    In Seychelles creole, the fruit is called "coco fesse" which crudely translates as "bum nut".
  12. phallus
    the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
    While the female trees bear the nuts - which grow for about seven years before they fall - the male trees grow enormous catkins, giant phallus shaped tubes studded with hundreds of delicate yellow flowers that give off a musky odour.
  13. enthuse
    utter with enthusiasm
    "There's nowhere on earth like the Vallee de Mai," he enthused, as we stepped through the thick dry leaf litter.
  14. lifespan
    the period during which a person, animal, or object exists
    Their lifespan is unknown, some say 500 years, or more.
  15. ecologist
    a biologist who studies organisms and their environment
    This time I am accompanied by Dr Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury, an ecologist who studies the networks of life supported by the palms.
  16. nut
    usually large hard-shelled seed
    The male trees grow enormous catkins with hundreds of yellow flowers
    Not surprisingly, coco-de-mer nuts sell for high prices and you need an export permit to take them out of the Seychelles.
  17. coconut
    large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
    The recently married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were presented with an unusual souvenir by the Seychelles government after their honeymoon to the country - a rare and mysterious coconut famed for its erotic shape.
  18. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
    Even a light breeze causes the giant fronds of the coco-de-mer trees to rub against one another with a sound like the creaking rigging of an old wooden schooner.
  19. husk
    material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    With the outer husk removed, the coconut closely resembles a female human bottom
    Here in the Vallee de Mai, on Praslin, the Seychelles' second largest island, the dominant plant is the coco-de-mer palm tree.
  20. creole
    a mother tongue created by contact between two languages
    In Seychelles creole, the fruit is called "coco fesse" which crudely translates as "bum nut".
  21. musky
    resembling the smell of a deer secretion or odorous perfume
    While the female trees bear the nuts - which grow for about seven years before they fall - the male trees grow enormous catkins, giant phallus shaped tubes studded with hundreds of delicate yellow flowers that give off a musky odour.
  22. walk around
    walk around something
    A Seychelles legend says that during a full moon the coco-de-mer trees walk around the forest in order to mate
    He shows me giant white slugs crawling along the smooth stems of the leaves, fat brown coco-de-mer snails that sit on the tree trunks, and high up in the palm crowns, he spots several bright green geckos that feed off the tree's nectar and flowers.
  23. give off
    have as a by-product
    While the female trees bear the nuts - which grow for about seven years before they fall - the male trees grow enormous catkins, giant phallus shaped tubes studded with hundreds of delicate yellow flowers that give off a musky odour.
  24. camouflaged
    made invisible by means of protective coloring
    And then, so well camouflaged that I struggle to identify it as an animal at all, we spot a giant bronze gecko found only on the male trees.
  25. lilting
    characterized by a buoyant rhythm
    Standing under the dense, green canopy, with the lilting cry of the black parrot echoing through the trees, it does seem like a place where stranger things have happened.
  26. granitic
    hard as granite
    The granitic islands of Seychelles are known for their lush green slopes.
  27. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
    The erotic connotations of the coco-de-mer are obvious whether or not you are a royal honeymooner.
  28. lilt
    a jaunty rhythm in music or speech
    Standing under the dense, green canopy, with the lilting cry of the black parrot echoing through the trees, it does seem like a place where stranger things have happened.
  29. palm tree
    any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
    With the outer husk removed, the coconut closely resembles a female human bottom
    Here in the Vallee de Mai, on Praslin, the Seychelles' second largest island, the dominant plant is the coco-de-mer palm tree.
  30. tree trunk
    the main stem of a tree
    A Seychelles legend says that during a full moon the coco-de-mer trees walk around the forest in order to mate
    He shows me giant white slugs crawling along the smooth stems of the leaves, fat brown coco-de-mer snails that sit on the tree trunks, and high up in the palm crowns, he spots several bright green geckos that feed off the tree's nectar and flowers.
  31. germinate
    sprout; produce buds or branches
    "But it seems that coco-de-mer nuts tend to germinate naturally very close to the mother tree.
  32. erotic
    giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
    The recently married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were presented with an unusual souvenir by the Seychelles government after their honeymoon to the country - a rare and mysterious coconut famed for its erotic shape.
  33. take root
    become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
    "All this dead matter prevents any other plants taking root and competing with the cocos-de-mer.
  34. rotund
    spherical in shape
    And as if the nut's rotund charms were not enough, the trees themselves are clearly male and female.
  35. tree
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    Even a light breeze causes the giant fronds of the coco-de-mer trees to rub against one another with a sound like the creaking rigging of an old wooden schooner.
  36. blot out
    make imperceptible by concealing or obscuring
    "Look how the giant leaves blot out the sky above.
  37. crudely
    in a crude or unrefined manner
    In Seychelles creole, the fruit is called "coco fesse" which crudely translates as "bum nut".
  38. full moon
    the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
    A Seychelles legend says that during a full moon the coco-de-mer trees walk around the forest in order to mate
    He shows me giant white slugs crawling along the smooth stems of the leaves, fat brown coco-de-mer snails that sit on the tree trunks, and high up in the palm crowns, he spots several bright green geckos that feed off the tree's nectar and flowers.
  39. camouflage
    an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
    And then, so well camouflaged that I struggle to identify it as an animal at all, we spot a giant bronze gecko found only on the male trees.
  40. slug
    a projectile that is fired from a gun
    A Seychelles legend says that during a full moon the coco-de-mer trees walk around the forest in order to mate
    He shows me giant white slugs crawling along the smooth stems of the leaves, fat brown coco-de-mer snails that sit on the tree trunks, and high up in the palm crowns, he spots several bright green geckos that feed off the tree's nectar and flowers.
  41. light breeze
    wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale
    Even a light breeze causes the giant fronds of the coco-de-mer trees to rub against one another with a sound like the creaking rigging of an old wooden schooner.
Created on Sat Jul 30 17:41:04 EDT 2011

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