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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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