The Grinning Face Back in the old days, this tropical fruit was known as cocoanut, a term derived from the 16th century Portuguese and Spanish word cocos, meaning, “grinning face” – because of the three small holes on its coconut shell. Approximately one-third of the world’s population depends on the humble coconut with one billion coconut palms blowing throughout the tropics, which in turn produce over 50 billion coconuts per annum – mostly for consumption as detailed below – but also dried … [Read more...] about The naked truth about coconut