תָּמָר II, palm; date-palm; fruit of the date-palm, date. Succ. 45ᵇ; Meg. 14ᵃ, v. לֵב. Ib. (ref. to Jud. IV, 5) מאי שנא תחת תּוֹמֶר why did she hold her sessions under a palm-tree? Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII, 16 (ref. to ib. 13) מה הת׳ והארז וכ׳ as the palm and the cedar are higher than all other trees, so Israel is &c.; אי מה הת׳ וכ׳ you may think, as the palm and the cedar when uprooted from their places (transplanted) do not grow new shoots, so Israel does &c.; a. fr.—Pl. תְּמָרִים dates. Ter. XI, 2 דבש ת׳ date honey. Ib. 3; a. fr.