jujube
See also: Jujube
English
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Fresh jujube berries
Zizyphus jujuba (2)
American jujube candies (6)
Etymology
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]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuː.biː/
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Noun
jujube (plural jujubes)
- The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
- A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.
- Synonym: Chinese date
- The fruit of this tree, fructus jujubae.
- Synonym: Chinese date
- A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.
- Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu
- The fruit of this tree.
- Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu
- (Canada, US) A type of candy; specific type varies by country.
Synonyms
- (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
Translations
Ziziphus jujuba tree
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Ziziphus jujuba fruit
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Ziziphus mauritiana tree
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Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
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See also
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “zīziphum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 665
- “jujube, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “jujube, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒy.ʒyb/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -yb
Further reading
- “jujube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
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