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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
DATE name for a palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) and for its edible fruit. Probably native to Arabia and North Africa, it has...intact from the palm and matured in a warm place. In the Old World, a sugar and a fermented drink are made from the sap of the date palm and other species of Phoenix, and the seeds are sometimes roasted and used as a coffee substitute or pressed for oil...