Jujube Definition

jo͝ojo͝ob
noun
The edible, datelike fruit of any of several trees and shrubs (genus Zizyphus) of the buckthorn family, growing in warm climates.
Webster's New World
The small sweet greenish to red fruit of this tree.
American Heritage
A tree or shrub bearing this fruit.
Webster's New World
A jellylike, fruit-flavored lozenge or a gumdrop.
Webster's New World
(North America) A type of candy; specific type varies by country.
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Other Word Forms of Jujube

Noun

Singular:
jujube
Plural:
jujubes

Origin of Jujube

  • Middle English jujube fruit from Old French from Medieval Latin jujuba from Latin zizyphum from Greek zizuphon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French jujube, ultimately from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zizuphon), ultimately from Persian زایزافون.

    From Wiktionary

Jujube Sentence Examples

  • Bona (Arabic annaba, " the city of jujube trees"), which has passed through many vicissitudes, was built by the Arabs, and was for centuries a possession of the rulers of Tunis, who built the Kasbah in 1300.

  • Jujube fruits when carefully dried will keep for a long time, and retain their refreshing acid flavour, on account of which they are much valued in the countries of the Mediterranean region as a winter dessert fruit; and, 1 The med.

  • A kind of thick paste, known as jujube paste, was also made of a composition of gum arabic and sugar dissolved in a decoction of jujube fruit evaporated to the proper consistency.

  • As seen in commerce jujube fruits are about the size of a small filbert, having a reddish-brown, shining, somewhat wrinkled exterior, and a yellow or gingerbread coloured pulp enclosing a hard elongated stone.

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