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doum

The definition of a doum is a palm tree in Africa that creates a fruit that looks and tastes like gingerbread, and is also known as a gingerbread palm or Hyphaene thebaica.

(noun)

An example of a doum is a palm tree you might find in Eritrea.

See doum in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an African palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) bearing an edible fruit that has a taste and consistency somewhat like gingerbread; gingerbread palm

Origin: Fr < Ar dawm

See doum in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See doom palm.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , probably from Arabic dialectal dōm; see doom palm

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