doum palm


doum palm

also doom palmn. A palm (Hyphaene thebaica) native to northern Africa, having fan-shaped leaves, edible fruits about the size of an orange with a taste reminiscent of gingerbread, and usually a branched trunk. Also called gingerbread palm.
[From Arabic dawm (probably via an Arabic dialectal form dōm).]

doum palm

(duːm) or

doom palm

n (Plants) an Egyptian palm tree, Hyphaene thebaica, with a divided trunk and edible apple-sized fruits[C19 doum, via French from Arabic dawm]