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

Cecily’s oldest daughter, steadfast Jujube, tries to hold the family together.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Either side of the Mulberry tree were two thin Jujube trees, planted by Imran and Bilal, for Mohammad Wali and Mohammad Juma, their neighbours who were killed.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022

You can’t say Psalmayene 24 is jumping on the hip-hop bandwagon of “Hamilton”; he’s been doing this for at least 20 years, since he performed his “The Hip-Hop Nightmares of Jujube Brown” at Arena Stage.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2019

Sometimes they name themselves after things that catch their fancy: Poptop, Jujube, DeadRat.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

We left this Wady at a bend, some two hundred metres wide, called the "Broad of the Jujube," from one of the splendid secular trees that characterize North Midian.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir