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Webster 1913 Edition


Doom palm

Doom′ palmˊ

.
[Ar.
daum
,
dūm
: cf. F.
doume
.]
(Bot.)
A species of palm tree (
Hyphæne Thebaica
), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.
[Written also
doum palm
.]