| date palm n. A palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) of western Asia and northern Africa and cultivated also in California, having featherlike leaves and bearing clusters of dates. |
date palm
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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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| Noun | 1. |  date palm - tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruitdate - sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves |
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