jujube

From Middle English jujube, from Medieval Latin jujuba or Old French jujube, perhaps via Old Occitan from Classical Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․^[1][2] First attested in the 14th century.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuː.biː/

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jujube (plural jujubes)

1. The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
2. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.

   Synonym: Chinese date

3. The fruit of this tree, fructus jujubae.

   Synonym: Chinese date

4. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.

   Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu

5. The fruit of this tree.

   Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu

6. (Canada, US) A type of candy; specific type varies by country.

• (Ziziphus jujuba tree): red date, Korean date, Indian date
• (Ziziphus jujuba fruit): red date, Korean date, Indian date
• (Ziziphus mauritiana tree): Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
• (Ziziphus mauritiana fruit): Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
• (fruit): jujubean, juju bean
• (candy): jujubean, juju bean

• jojoba

• jujube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʒyb/

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• Rhymes: -yb

jujube m (plural jujubes)

1. jujube (fruit)

• “jujube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

jujube

1. plural of jujubă