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Definition: Date shell
Date
\Date\, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the
same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
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Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
and inclosing a hard kernel.
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Date palm, or
Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which
bear dates, of which common species is
Ph[oe]nix dactylifera
. See Illust.
Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of
Diospyros, including the American and Japanese
persimmons, and the European lotus (
Diospyros Lotus).
Date shell, or
Date fish (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell, or
its inhabitant, of the genus
Pholas, and allied genera.
See
Pholas.
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