date palm

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noun

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

Words nearby date palm

dateless, dateline, date mussel, date night, date of record, date palm, date rape, date squares, date stamp, dating, dating agency

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How to use date palm in a sentence

On the east side, the Thermal side, is a gray-green checkerboard of fallow and irrigated fields of grapes, bell peppers and golf-course turf, plus stands of date palms.
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In my four years of college, I know exactly one woman who has asked a man out on a date.
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As I sign the forms to be admitted to have surgery the next day, I ask my husband the date.
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These villages used to harvest rubber, cacao, palm oil, and coffee beans.
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The trickiest items having been placed in the “freezer” to be addressed at a later date.
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Just a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.
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Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.
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Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The text of the amendments designed to carry out these recommendations will be submitted by the Board at an early date.
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British Dictionary definitions for date palm

date palm

noun

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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