Meanings
noundate palm (plural date palms)
plural date palms
- A palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, whose fruit is the date.
The date palms of the little fertile spot they had just left, and the circle of goatskin tents, stood out in sharp relief against the yellow sand—a phantom paradise upon a phantom sea.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 87
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nountall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit
Similar
Phoenix dactylifera
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Translations
Arabic نَخْلَة
- نَخْلَة (naḵla)Phoenix dactylifera
Bulgarian фи́никова па́лма
- фи́никова па́лма (fínikova pálma)Phoenix dactylifera
Catalan palmera datilera
- palmera datileraPhoenix dactylifera
Chinese Mandarin 棗椰樹 /枣椰树, 棗樹 /枣树
- 棗椰樹 /枣椰树 (zǎoyēshù)Phoenix dactylifera
- 棗樹 /枣树 (zǎoshù)Phoenix dactylifera
- 棗椰子 /枣椰子 (zǎoyēzi)Phoenix dactylifera
- 海棗 /海枣 (hǎizǎo)Phoenix dactylifera
Czech datlovník
- datlovníkPhoenix dactylifera
Danish daddelpalme
- daddelpalmePhoenix dactylifera
Dutch dadelpalm, dadelboom
- dadelpalmPhoenix dactylifera
- dadelboomPhoenix dactylifera
Esperanto daktilopalmo
- daktilopalmoPhoenix dactylifera
Estonian harilik datlipalm, datlipalm
- harilik datlipalmPhoenix dactylifera
- datlipalmPhoenix dactylifera
Finnish välimerentaateli, taatelipalmu
- välimerentaateliPhoenix dactylifera
- taatelipalmuPhoenix dactylifera
French dattier
- dattierPhoenix dactylifera
German Dattelpalme
- DattelpalmePhoenix dactylifera
Greek χουρμαδιά
- χουρμαδιά (chourmadiá)Phoenix dactylifera
Hebrew תמר
- תמר (tāmār)Phoenix dactylifera
Hindi खजूर
- खजूर (khajūr)Phoenix dactylifera
Hungarian datolyapálma
- datolyapálmaPhoenix dactylifera
Icelandic döðlupálmi
- döðlupálmiPhoenix dactylifera
Irish pailm dhátaí
- pailm dhátaíPhoenix dactylifera
Italian palma da dattero, palma da datteri
- palma da datteroPhoenix dactylifera
- palma da datteriPhoenix dactylifera
Japanese 棗椰子, ナツメヤシ
- 棗椰子 (natsumeyashi)Phoenix dactylifera
- ナツメヤシ (natsumeyashi)Phoenix dactylifera
Korean 대추야자
- 대추야자 (daechuyaja)Phoenix dactylifera
Norwegian daddelpalme
- daddelpalmePhoenix dactylifera
Persian خرما
- خرما (xormâ)Phoenix dactylifera
Polish palma daktylowa, daktylowiec
- palma daktylowaPhoenix dactylifera
- daktylowiecPhoenix dactylifera
Portuguese tamareira
- tamareiraPhoenix dactylifera
Punjabi ਖਜੂਰ, کَھجُور
- ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr)Phoenix dactylifera
- کَھجُور (khajūr)Phoenix dactylifera
Romanian curmal
- curmalPhoenix dactylifera
Russian фи́никовая па́льма
- фи́никовая па́льма (fínikovaja pálʹma)Phoenix dactylifera
Spanish datilera, palma datilera
- datileraPhoenix dactylifera
- palma datileraPhoenix dactylifera
Swahili mtende
- mtendePhoenix dactylifera
Swedish dadelpalm
- dadelpalmPhoenix dactylifera
Tamil பேரீச்சை, ஈந்து
- பேரீச்சை (pērīccai)Phoenix dactylifera
- ஈந்து (īntu)Phoenix dactylifera
Thai อินทผลัม
- อินทผลัม (in-tá-pà-lam)Phoenix dactylifera
Turkish hurma ağacı, hurma
- hurma ağacıPhoenix dactylifera
- hurmaPhoenix dactylifera
Vietnamese chà là
- chà làPhoenix dactylifera
Welsh palmwydden ddatys
- palmwydden ddatysPhoenix dactylifera
Yiddish טייטלבוים
- טייטלבוים (teytlboym)Phoenix dactylifera
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date palm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/date%20palm
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“date palm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/date%20palm. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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