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
Born in Ibadan, Soyinka was brought up by loving Christian parents and a grandfather who, Soyinka said, confirmed that he was a child of Ogun, the Yoruba deity of poetry, blacksmiths and palm wine.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 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
Earlier, she’d welcomed the community into the home as tradition dictated, presenting kola nuts and palm wine as an offering to the household gods.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2019
“I brought fresh palm wine for my son. Our best wine-tapper brought it to me this morning.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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