| 单词 | date palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdate palm date palm n. any of several palms of the genus Phoenix; spec. P. dactylifera, which bears dates (see sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > date-palm phoenixOE datec1390 date treea1425 date palm1625 wild date1866 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > date-palm datec1390 phoenixa1398 date treea1425 date palm1625 wild date1866 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. vi. 1739 (margin) Many sorts of Palmes, the Coco, the Date-Palme, the Wine-Palme, or taddie, &c. besides these Reed-Palmes. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Palma The Date Palm is of very slow Growth with us, but is easily produc'd from Seeds, taken out of the Fruit. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iii. 57 A dense, wide-spreading forest of stately date-palms. 1926 Times 10 Aug. p. xviii/5 The exotic splendour of these date palms, the luxuriance of their brilliant foliage, contrast with a rosy-golden soil. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees vii. 149 In some species, like the date palm (Phoenix), the inflorescence grows from between the leaves and hangs out from the side of the tree. < as lemmas |
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