COCCOLOBO, in botany: A genus of the trigynia order, belonging to the olandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 12th order, Holoraceæ. The calyx is quinquepartite and coloured; there is no corolla; the berry is formed of the calyx, and is monospermous. The species called utifera, or sea-side grape, grows upon the sandy shores of most of the West India islands, where it sends up many woody stems, eight or ten feet high, covered with a brown smooth bark, and furnished with thick, veined, shining, orbicular leaves, five or six inches diameter, standing upon short foot-stalks. The flowers come out at the wings of the stalks, in racemi of five or six inches long; they are whitish, have no petals, but each is composed of a monophyllous calyx, cut at the brim into five oblong obtuse segments, which spread open, continue, and surround seven or eight awl-shaped stamens, and three short styles, crowned with simple stigmata. The germen is oval, and becomes a fleshy fruit, wrapped round by the calyx, and includes an oval nut or stone. These plums are about the size of gooseberries, of a purple red colour, and a tolerable good flavour. There are some other species of this genus whose fruits are eaten by the inhabitants where they grow, but they are smaller and not so well tasted.