an African palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) bearing an edible fruit that has a taste and consistency somewhat like gingerbread; gingerbread palm
Word origin
Fr < Ar dawm
Examples of 'doum' in a sentence
doum
The specimen composite material was produced with the doum palm (leaves) particulate as reinforcement using compression molding.
B. Dan-asabe, S.A. Yaro, D.S. Yawas 2018, 'Micro-structural and mechanical characterization of doum-palm leaves particulate reinforcedPVC composite as piping materials', Alexandria Engineering Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016818300917. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)