Definition of jujube Jujube
/ʤuˈʤuˌb/ - [jujub] - ju•jube
We found 8 definitions of jujube from 5 different sources.
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What does jujube mean?
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NounPlural: jujubes |
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| jujube - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits | ||
| jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus ziziphus, ziziphus spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes | ||
| jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees | ||
| Chinese date, Chinese jujube | ||
| edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh | ||
| drupe, stone fruit fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube | ||
| jujube - chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jujube (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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jujube
Species of tree of the genus Ziziphus whose edible fruits have the consistency and taste of an apple and look like a small date. -
jujube
Edible fruit of the jujube tree (Ziziphus zizyphus), whose consistency and taste are similar to that of an apple and which looks like a small date.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jujube
jōō′jōōb, n. a genus of spiny shrubs or small trees, the fruit of which is dried as a sweetmeat: a lozenge made of sugar and gum. [Fr.,—L. zizyphum—Gr. zizyphon—Pers. zīzfun, the jujube-tree.]
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🔤- jujube, noun, singular of jujubes.
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