date palm

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.

Nearby words

date boil, date line, international, date mussel, date night, date of record, date palm, date rape, date squares, date stamp, date-stamp, datebook

Origin of date palm

First recorded in 1830–40

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Examples from the Web for date palm

The tree of life is represented by a date-palm on some of the earliest Christian mosaics at Rome.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism|Thomas Inman
The date-palm has many beautiful specimens in the gardens of St. Augustine.
Palmetto-Leaves|Harriet Beecher Stowe
This includes the sandy flat of the suburbs of the town of Tripoli, with the date-palm plantations and the sand-hills contiguous.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson
Although its general form is similar to that of the date-palm, the foliage and fruit are quite different.
Among the Trees at Elmridge|Ella Rodman Church

Among the natural products of the region two stand out as pre-eminently important-the wheat-plant and the date-palm.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea|George Rawlinson

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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