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date palm

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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Origin of date palm

First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for date palm

Historical Examples

  • Here, for the first time, we saw the date-palm in full luxuriance.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878

    Various

  • They do not, like the Korachas, make articles from the leaf of the date-palm (Phœnix).

  • Phœnix, Date-palm, about eight species, principally Asiatic plants.

  • The above-mentioned head of the date-palm is called its cheese.

    The Bbur-nma in English

    Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

  • Here this will be the fermented juice of rice or of the date-palm.

    The Bbur-nma in English

    Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

British Dictionary definitions for date palm

date palm

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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