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doum palm

doum palm noun: a palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.

doum palm: a palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and...
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Noun

doum palm (plural doum palms)

  1. 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.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 18

doum palm meaning in Arabic

doum palm in Arabic

Hyphaene thebaica
مُقْل muql, دَوْم dawm

Synonyms of doum palm

Forms of doum palm

pluraldoum palms
alternative formdom palm
alternative formdoom palm
alternative formdum palm

Origin of doum palm

From Arabic دوم (dawm) + palm.

Questions about doum palm

What does doum palm mean?
Doum palm means a palm tree of species Hyphaene thebaica, with edible oval fruit, native to northern Africa and some countries of the Levant.
What is doum palm in Arabic?
Doum palm in Arabic is مُقْل (muql), دَوْم (dawm). See Doum palm meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is doum palm?
Doum palm is a noun.
What is the plural of doum palm?
The plural of doum palm is doum palms.

Words near doum palm in the dictionary

  1. Doulton
  2. Doultons
  3. doum
  4. doum fruit
  5. doum fruits
  6. doum palm
  7. doum palms
  8. douma
  9. doumas
  10. doumbec
  11. doumbecs

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