Date @ the fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine Joel:1:12; Nehemiah:8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially at the feast of Tabernacles Leviticus:23:40; Nehemiah:8:15).
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