doom palm
noun
an African fan palm, Hyphaene thebaica, bearing an edible, gingerbread-flavored fruit.
Also
doum palm.
Also called
gingerbread palm.
Origin of doom palm
First recorded in 1820–30,
doom palm is from the dialectal Arabic word
dōm
Words nearby doom palm
doolie,
doolittle,
dooly,
doom,
doom and gloom,
doom palm,
doom-laden,
doomful,
dooms,
doomsayer,
doomsday
Example sentences from the Web for doom palm
The village of Gusumana is situated on a hill, overlooking a steep broad valley, full of the doom-palm.
This route is usually reckoned at fifteen days' journey: trees are abundant on all the route, especially the doom-palm.
I made the acquaintance of the taste of the doom-palm, in a dish of pastry seasoned by it.
Amongst the trees to-day appeared most conspicuously the doom-palm.