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Also Known As Phoenix dactylifera

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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).
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Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)
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Beer glasses on dark table
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