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.

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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Example sentences 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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单词	date palm
释义	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. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences 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) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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