| 词条 | Coconut pearl |
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The coconut pearl is alleged to be a coconut-produced gemstone. Claimed to be the rarest botanical gem in the world,[1] the coconut pearl supposedly grows inside the coconut.[2] However, the existence of these pearls is in dispute, and some claim that published photos are hoaxes.[3] Wayne's Word, the source of much of the descriptive text and photographs used to illustrate coconut pearls on the Internet, writes that "several botany textbooks flatly state that coconut pearls are a hoax because proof of their existence is totally unfounded" and "I prematurely published an on-line note about this "pearl" [The Maharaja coconut pearl, on display at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida] in 1996 before I discovered that it did not come from a coconut."[4] They form in roughly one in every million coconuts according to the Ripley's believe it or not daily calendar. In fiction, a Coconut Pearl is used as a plot point in the acclaimed children's adventure book, Nim's Island (1999) by Wendy Orr. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.coconut.com/features/cocopearl.html|work=Coconut Museum|title=The Coconut Pearl|last=Armstrong|first=Wayne P.|date=August 1996|accessdate=2 October 2010}} 2. ^Reginald Child. "Coconuts". 2nd ed. London: Longman Group Ltd. 1974. 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0901.htm|work=Wayne's Word: An Online Textbook of Natural History|title=Botanical Jewelry Necklaces & Bracelets Made From Plants|year=2000|accessdate=16 November 2008}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601c.htm|title=The Coconut Pearl|accessdate=9 December 2010|work=Wayne's Word}} Further reading
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