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▪ I. doum|daʊm, duːm|
Also doom, dome, dom.
[Arab. daum, dūm.]
A kind of palm (Hyphæne Thebaica), found in Egypt, having a dichotomously divided trunk, and an edible fruit about the size of an apple. Usually doum-palm.
1801Hel. M. Williams Sk. Fr. Rep. II. xxxv. 170 In capitals [of columns]..the branches of the doum, and the flowers of the nelumbo, mingle together. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 280 The Doom Palm of Upper Egypt and the Hyphæne coriacea are remarkable for their dichotomous repeatedly-divided trunk. 1849Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. IV. 113 In the upper parts of Egypt they have a palm tree called the Dome. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. i. 34 The region of..the Theban or dôm-palm.
b. attrib., as doum-leaf, doum-wood.
1788Clarkson Impol. Slave Tr. 20 The doom-wood (which the worm never enters). 1827Moore Epicur. xvi. (1839) 166 A bed of fresh doum leaves.
▪ II. doum, doumb(e
obs. forms of dumb. |