doum palm
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic دوم (dawm) + palm.
Noun
[edit]doum palm (plural doum palms)
- A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and countries of the Levant.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 18:
- The country to the east of Derudeb [Sudan] was bleached and sere, and there were long grey cliffs and dom palms growing in the wadis.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Hyphaene thebaica
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References
[edit]Hyphaene thebaica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hyphaene thebaica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hyphaene thebaica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons