Date palm of the Tabernacles. Palm branches were scattered before Jesus as he entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Date palm Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Although its place of origin is unknown because of long cultivation, it probably originated from the Fertile Crescent region straddling between Egypt and Mesopotamia. The species is widely cultivated across Northern Africa, The Middle East, The Horn of Africa and South Asia, and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. "P. dactylifera" is the type
The Price of the Phoenix Charles A. Spano, Jr., which Roddenberry was only indirectly involved. Marshak and Culbreath were not interested in professional literary criticism, but they were very interested in fan reactions and feedback, writing to "Interstat", "We have been extremely interested in all of the reviews of ["The Price of the Phoenix"] in the fan literature." In "Interstat" #1, a fan submitted essay entitled "What Hath Bantam Wrought?" compares "The Price of the Phoenix" to the previously released novel, "Spock, Messiah!". The fan writes, if "Messiah!" "is insulting to women," then in "The Price of the Phoenix" "everyone becomes a woman," and that