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palm wine

American  

noun

  1. wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.


palm wine British  

noun

  1. (esp in W Africa) the sap drawn from the palm tree, esp when allowed to ferment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of palm wine

First recorded in 1605–15

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Kehinde Adeleke, our local guide and a younger twin, takes us to witness a ritual offering, including palm wine and beans, to the twin gods at a shrine in her family's community.

From BBC May 9, 2024

When her husband — who harvested palm wine — first became ill, everyone assumed it was malaria.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2022

In her script, Bioh imbued Shakespeare’s characters with the language and culture of these various communities, interleaving the Elizabethan speech with references to palm wine, jollof rice and cocoyams.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2021

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

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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