doum palm
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doum palm
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From Arabic دوم (dawm) + palm.
noun doum palms · dom palm · doom palm · dum palm
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A palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.
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.
Similar: doum, gingerbread palm, gingerbread tree
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noun Hyphaene thebaica
| Español | palmera dum |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mkoma |
| Français | doum, palmier doum d’Égypte |
| Italiano | palma dum |
| Ελληνικά | φοίνικας ντουμ foínikas ntoum |
| العربية | مُقْل muql, دَوْم dawm |
| עברית | דום מצרי dom mitsrí |
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title = {doum palm},
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