"Doom palm" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... THEBAICA.—The doum, or doom palm, or gingerbread of Egypt; it grows also in Nubia, Abyssinia, and Arabia. The fibrous, mealy husks of the seeds are eaten, and taste almost like gingerbread. In the Thebias this palm forms extensive forests, the roots spreading over the lurid ruins of one of ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders |
