palm wine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of palm wine
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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When her husband — who harvested palm wine — first became ill, everyone assumed it was malaria.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022
Fermented sap, broadly called palm wine but known by many regional names, has long been enjoyed wherever palm trees grow, including parts of Africa and South Asia.
From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2021
Drinks and Wine Nonalcoholic palm wine and nonalcoholic beverages.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016
Urban Liberians use the trip to stock up on cheap produce from rural roadside markets and enjoy sampling fresh and frothy palm wine that women and children hawk from repurposed cooking oil cans.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2016
The only thing that my father and his brother had in common was the land that fed us, sheltered us, and provided the rice, palm wine, and shea butter that we sold at the market.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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