definition of the word date

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From French datte, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (“‘finger’”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably from a Semitic source such as Arabic دقل (dáqal), “‘variety of date palm’”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel), “‘date palm’”).

Singular
date

Plural
dates

date (plural dates)

(botany) The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
(botany) The date palm itself.

date palm or date tree (Botany): the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix dactylifera
date plum (Botany): the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros lotus)
date shell or date fish (Zoölogy): a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.

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