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• doum — doum …   Dictionnaire des rimes

• doum — [ dum ] n. m. • 1799; mot ar. ♦ Palmier d Égypte et d Arabie (palmacées) qui reste nain en France méditerranéenne. « les touffes de doum dont on ferait des balais » (Mac Orlan). ● doum nom masculin (arabe dūm) Palmier nain du genre chamærops,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• doum — (doum ) s. m. Nom arabe de la crucifère thébaïque, plante. SUPPLÉMENT AU DICTIONNAIRE    DOUM. Ajoutez : REM. Le doum, qui s écrit aussi doume, est un palmier. M. Devic, Dict. étym., remarque que, dans les anciens ouvrages de botanique, le nom de …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• Doum — may refer to: Hyphaene thebaica, a plant Doum, Central African Republic This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to …   Wikipedia

• doum — [do͞om] n. 〚Fr < Ar dawm〛 an African palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) bearing an edible fruit that has a taste and consistency somewhat like gingerbread; gingerbread palm * * * doum (do͞om) n. See doom palm.   [French, probably from Arabic dialectal …   Universalium

• doum — [do͞om] n. [Fr < Ar dawm] an African palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) bearing an edible fruit that has a taste and consistency somewhat like gingerbread; gingerbread palm …   English World dictionary

• doum — n. (in full doum palm) a palm tree, Hyphaene thebaica, with edible fruit. Etymology: Arab. dawm, dum …   Useful english dictionary

• Doum, Central African Republic — Doum …   Wikipedia

• Doum palm — (d[=oo]m p[aum]m ). See {Doom palm}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• doum-palm — /dowmˈpäm, doomˈpäm/ noun An African palm (genus Hyphaene), with a branched stem, and a fruit with the taste of gingerbread (also doomˈ palm or dumˈ palm) ORIGIN: Ar daum, dūm …   Useful english dictionary