| an African fan palm, Hyphaene thebaica, bearing an edible, gingerbread-flavored fruit. |
| doom palm n. A palm (Hyphaene thebaica) native to the Nile Valley of northeast Africa and having oblong or ovoid fruits the size of an orange with a distinctive aroma and taste. Also called doum, gingerbread palm. [Probably from Arabic dialectal dōm, variant of Arabic dawm.] |
