Definition of Phoenix dactylifera

1. Noun. Tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit.

Exact synonyms: Date Palm
Terms within: Date
Generic synonyms: Feather Palm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoenix Dactylifera

Phocidae
Phocis
Phoebe
Phoebean
Phoebus Apollo
Phoenicia
Phoenician
Phoenician alphabet
Phoenicians
Phoenicophorium
Phoenicopteridae
Phoeniculidae
Phoeniculus
Phoenicurus
Phoenix
Phoenix dactylifera
Pholadidae
Pholidae
Pholidota
Pholiota
Pholiota astragalina
Pholiota aurea
Pholiota destruens
Pholiota flammans
Pholiota flavida
Pholiota nameko
Pholiota squarrosa
Pholiota squarrosa-adiposa
Pholiota squarrosoides
Pholis

Literary usage of Phoenix dactylifera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"The only doubt I have is, whether or not it is to be considered as any thing else than merely the uncultivated variety of the phoenix dactylifera. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1883)
"In the Monocotyledon the root arrangement of the bundles continues nearly as far as the point of insertion of the Cotyledon in phoenix dactylifera or of the ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"In palms, of which the diagrammatic cross section of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera, fig. 1783) may serve as a type, the strands accessory to the simple ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1899)
"... taka-diastase ") and of the seedlings lupinus albus and of phoenix dactylifera. An extract of barley malt was also made for the purposes of comparison. ..."

5. Across Widest Africa: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1907)
"The trunk of the phoenix dactylifera is about the most suitable in that region for making the columns and rafters supporting the heavy flat roofs. ..."

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