From the botanical point of view, a coconut is a drupe that is fibrous and is one-seeded. Coconut is also referred to as dry drupe. A coconut has all three layers of pericarp; the exocarp is the smooth, greenish layer, the mesocarp is the fibrous husk and then comes the endocarp surrounding the seed. Thus, as per botanical experts, coconut is a one seeded drupe and is also known to be a dry drupe. However, when we purchase coconut at a store, its mesocarp as well as endocarp are actually removed. Some experts like to call it a water dispersal fruit.