What does date palm mean?

date palm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: date -palm
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noun

A palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, whose fruit is the date.

Example Sentences

"The date palms of the little fertile spot they had just left, and the circle of goatskin tents, stood out in sharp relief against the yellow sand—a phantom paradise upon a phantom sea."

Inflected Forms

date palms (plural)

Phrases

African wild date palm Phoenix reclinata Canary Island date palm Phoenix canariensis Cape Verde Island date palm Phoenix atlantica Ceylon date palm Phoenix pusilla

Synonyms

date date tree phoenix dactylifera

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