jujube

American  

[joo-joob] / ˈdʒu dʒub /

noun

1. a small candy or lozenge of gum arabic, gelatin, or the like and fruit flavoring.

2. Chinese date.

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jujube British  

/ ˈdʒuːdʒuːb /

noun

1. any of several Old World spiny rhamnaceous trees of the genus Ziziphus, esp Z. jujuba, that have small yellowish flowers and dark red edible fruits See also Christ's-thorn

2. the fruit of any of these trees

3. a chewy sweet made of flavoured gelatine and sometimes medicated to soothe sore throats

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Etymology

Origin of jujube

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin jujuba < Latin zīziphum < Greek zízyphon jujube tree

Example Sentences

Food was one of the few things that poor migrant workers brought with them to the railroads, introducing the region to ginseng and jujube.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

This year he's proud of his crop of jujube or Chinese dates, persimmons, and yuzu, a type of citrus.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2022

As he sat under a jujube tree in 2019, peering into Davinder’s smartphone, he didn’t even know if it would really be Sadiq, he recalled.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022

Raised in a cave dwelling in central China’s Shaanxi province, he wasn’t expected to venture far beyond his village’s orchard of jujube trees.

From New York Times • May 2, 2017

"I hate married people who are two in one—stuck together like two jujube lozenges," said Lilly.

From Aaron's Rod by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)