date palm

American  

noun

1. any of several date-bearing palms of the genus Phoenix, especially P. dactylifera, having a stem reaching a height of 60 feet (18 meters) and terminating in a crown of pinnate leaves.

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date palm British  

noun

1. a feather palm, Phoenix dactylifera , probably native to N Africa and SW Asia and widely grown in other arid warm temperate and subtropical regions for its edible fruit (dates)

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Etymology

Origin of date palm

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

All five patients had recently consumed raw date palm sap, a sweet liquid commonly collected during winter and frequently visited by bats.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

"Interestingly, we have found evidence that they also consumed dates, even though the date palm isn't ubiquitous in Tamil Nadu at present," he adds.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Our palm panoply extends to the ritzy Canary Island date palm, the pygmy date and windmill palms, and a mini-monarchy of queen and king palms, which look a little haphazardly asymmetrical.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Near her grave, she would sit and pray under the date palm and among the flowering plants, a few hours of peace in Cairo ’s historic City of the Dead.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

European poets, whose knowledge of the date palm is not founded on personal observation, often describe its trunk as not only slender, but particularly straight.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.