date
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Etymology 1
From French datte, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (“finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably from a Semitic source such as Arabic دقل (dáqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).
Noun
date (plural dates)
- (botany) The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- (botany) The date palm itself.
Derived terms
- date palm or date tree (Botany): the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix dactylifera
- date plum (Botany): the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros lotus)
- date shell or date fish (Zoölogy): a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.
Translations
fruit of the date palm
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