The edible part of a coconut is:

The edible part of a coconut is the seed endosperm

Explanation:

The coconut is a seed, and the part we eat—whether it's the white fleshy kernel or the coconut water—comes from the endosperm of the seed.

• Coconut water is the liquid endosperm found in a tender coconut.

• The white solid part (the kernel) is the mature or cellular endosperm, which stores food for the growing embryo inside the seed.

Thus, the edible portion of the coconut is:

• Not the outer shell (exocarp or mesocarp)

• Not the fibrous husk

• But the endosperm, which serves as the nutritive tissue for the embryo.