doum palm

American

[doom] / dum /

noun

doom palm.

doum palm British

/ duːm /

noun

an Egyptian palm tree, Hyphaene thebaica, with a divided trunk and edible apple-sized fruits

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Etymology

Origin of doum palm

C19 doum, via French from Arabic dawm

Example Sentences

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Indian bdellium is the produce of Balsamodendron Roxburghii; African of B. africanum; Egyptian bdellium is obtained from the doum palm; and Sicilian is produced by Daucus gummifer, a species of the genus to which the carrot belongs.

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The palm's straight trunk shot up twenty cubits above the roof's level, and, after the manner of the date palm's growth, bore no branches, such as the doum palm has.

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