datil

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See also: dátil and dàtil

English

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A datil
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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Perhaps from Catalan dàtil or Spanish dátil (date); see quotes below.

Noun

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datil (plural datils)

  1. A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
    • 1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums[1], page 127:
      The first Datil was probably brought to the United States from the West Indies during either the British period or the second Spanish occupation of East Florida (1784–1821). [] The word “Dátil” refers to the fruit of the date palm, both in Spanish and in the language of the Minorcans who named the pepper in St. Augustine.
    • 2007, John Edge, Southern Belly[2], page 67:
      No one knows if the colonists brought datil peppers with them. [] More than likely the Minorcans did give the incendiary peppers their name, for the green to gold pods somewhat resemble dates, a linkage cemented by the knowledge that datil is the word for the fruit of the date palm in both the Catalan and Spanish languages.

Etymology 2

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From American Spanish dátil (date), from Catalan dàtil. Doublet of dactyl and date.

Noun

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datil (plural datils)

  1. The queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, or its leaf fibers used for weaving.
  2. Mexican yucca or its leaf fibers.
Derived terms
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References

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  • datil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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Ladino

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Noun

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datil m (Latin spelling)

  1. date (fruit)