date palm
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a type of palm tree that bears dates
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- The oasis was surrounded by a lush grove of date palms.
- Date palms have been cultivated in the Middle East for thousands of years.
- The farmers used long ladders to harvest fruit from the tall date palms.
- A single date palm can produce over a hundred kilograms of fruit annually.
- The long, feathery fronds of the date palm provided welcome shade from the sun.
- Ancient civilizations relied heavily on the date palm for food and building materials.
- We walked through the plantation, admiring the symmetrical rows of date palms.
- The date palm is often referred to as the 'tree of life' in desert regions.
- Modern irrigation has allowed date palms to flourish in previously arid areas.
- You can identify a date palm by its thick, scarred trunk and sweet fruit clusters.