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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
           containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
           and inclosing a hard kernel.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     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 (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell, or
        its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.
        See Pholas.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
           containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
           and inclosing a hard kernel.
  
     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 ({D. Lotus).
  
     Date shell, or Date fish (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell, or
        its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.
        See Pholas.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Phoenix dactylifera
       n : tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing
           sweet edible fruit [syn: date palm]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Phoenix dactylifera
     Translingual n.
     (taxon species family Arecaceae the date palm)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Phoenix dactylifera
     Translingual n.
     (taxon species family Arecaceae the date palm)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Phoenix dactylifera
     Translingual n.
     (taxon species family Arecaceae the date palm)

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