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Date palm   /deɪt pɑm/   Listen
Date palm

noun
1.
Tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit.  Synonym: Phoenix dactylifera.





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"Date palm" Quotes from Famous Books



... between its stern walls of rocks towards the distant land of Lower Egypt, form a total that produces a scene to be met with nowhere but upon the Nile. In this miserable spot the unfortunate inhabitants are taxed equally with those of the richer districts—about fivepence annually for each date palm. ...
— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker
... DACTYLIFERA.—The date palm, very extensively grown for its fruit, which affords the principal food for a large portion of the inhabitants of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, and likewise of the various domestic animals—dogs, horses, and camels being ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


Words linked to "Date palm" :   date, feather palm


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