(The coconut was one of the large, oblong ones, with a smooth surface. Not the small, spherical things in the grocery store. So there was plenty of room for a legible address.)
When we got home, we planted it in a large indoor planter, hanged a lamp over it, and grew a sizable palm tree in our living room.
It's pretty common in Hawaii. In fact, I think the reason you can send them is because of lobbying from Hawaii.
All coconut trees are palm trees, but not all palm trees grow coconuts.
In India, you'd call a coconut tree a coconut tree and an arecanut tree a palm.
You're still confused. Coconut tree and palm tree aren't interchangeable; to be a coconut tree, the tree has to grow coconuts. All palm trees count as "palm trees", whether they grow coconuts or not. The prototypical palm tree grows dates.
This is a mix up on why certain oils are on the current “oils to avoid” list. Palm oil gets a bad reputation mainly because of environmental issues with how it's grown, not because it's unhealthy. But all these concerns get lumped together in the “bad oils” list.
Take a listen.
You say that like you think those are different things.