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