doom palm

\\ˈdüm-\ noun

Etymology: French doum, from Arabic dawm

: a large African fan palm (Hyphaene thebaica) that is important as a soil stabilizer in desert areas and that has fibrous leafstalks used for ropes and a fruit with a gingerbread-flavored pulp and a rind which is used in making a beverage

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an African fan palm, Hyphaene thebaica, bearing an edible, gingerbread-flavored fruit.

Also, doum palm. Also called gingerbread palm.

[1820-30; < dial. Ar dom]

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doom palm,

= doum palm. (Cf. ↑doum palm)