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Phoenix dactylifera
(gcide) | Date \Date\, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the
same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
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Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
and inclosing a hard kernel.
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Date palm, or Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which
bear dates, of which common species is {Ph[oe]nix
dactylifera}. See Illust.
Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of
Diospyros, including the American and Japanese
persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros Lotus).
Date shell, or Date fish (Zool.), a bivalve shell, or its
inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See
Pholas.
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phoenix dactylifera
(wn) | Phoenix dactylifera
n 1: tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing
sweet edible fruit [syn: date palm, {Phoenix
dactylifera}] |
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phoenix dactylifera
(wn) | Phoenix dactylifera
n 1: tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing
sweet edible fruit [syn: date palm, {Phoenix
dactylifera}] |
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