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Also Known As Phoenix dactylifera

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date palm
dried dates
date palm
Buraydah, Saudi Arabia: date market
Morocco: date palms
Date-palm grove, Béchar, Algeria.
Ripening dates, fruit of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera).
What is Palm Sunday?
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Prospero Alpini
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