type of tree or shrub; edible plumlike fruit of the jujube plant; small fruit flavored candy
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Jujube Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
jujube
\ju"jube\ (jū"j&usl;b), n. [f., fr. l. zizyphum, gr. zi`zyfon, per. zīzfūn, zizafūn, zayzafūn.] the sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several mediterranean and african species of small trees, of the genus zizyphus, especially the z. jujuba, z. vulgaris, z. mucronata, and z. lotus. the last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient libyan lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
jujube
paste, the dried or inspissated jelly of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic sweetened.
jujube
\ju"jube\ (?), n. a lozenge made of or in imitation of, or flavored with, the jujube fruit. [
jujube
n
1. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: jujube bush, christ's-thorn , jerusalem thorn, ziziphus jujuba]
2. dark red plum-like fruit of old world buckthorn trees [syn: chinese date, chinese jujube]
3. chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
similar words(3)
chinese jujube
jujube paste
jujube bush
Noun
1. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
(synonym) jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(member-holonym) Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus
(part-meronym) Chinese date, Chinese jujube
2. dark red plum-like fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
(synonym) Chinese date, Chinese jujube
(hypernym) edible fruit
(part-holonym) jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
3. chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
(hypernym) gumdrop
Jujube Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ziziphus zizyphus (from Greek ζίζυφον, zizyfon), commonly called jujube (sometimes jujuba), red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily as a fruiting shade tree.
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