Medjool date


Med·jool date

M5204850 (mə-jo͞ol′)n. A soft date with crinkly, dark brown skin, prized for its large size and sweet flavor.
[Arabic majhūl, unknown, passive participle of jahila, to be ignorant of, not to know (so called because it is produced by a previously unknown variety of date palm found growing in the oasis of Tafilalt in Morocco); see ghl in Semitic roots.]