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The edible fruit of the date palm (see sense 2), an oblong drupe with a single hard seed (or stone) and sweet pulp, which forms an important food…
The fruit of the date-palm; a date. Obsolete.
the bussu palm, Manicaria saccifera, which has a bag-like spathe enclosing the inflorescence; also called satchel-palm.