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Ziziphus jujuba

Ziziphus jujuba

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A spiny Asian tree that produces dark red edible jujube fruits
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Ziziphus jujuba is widely cultivated in China for its sweet, nutritious fruit.

Examples

  • She planted a Ziziphus jujuba in her backyard to enjoy fresh jujubes every autumn.

  • Many herbal remedies use extracts from the Ziziphus jujuba tree for their calming effects.

  • The Ziziphus jujuba tree produces sweet fruits.

  • Have you ever tasted Ziziphus jujuba?

  • She planted a Ziziphus jujuba in her backyard to enjoy fresh jujubes every autumn.

  • The Ziziphus jujuba is widely cultivated in China for its sweet, nutritious fruit.

  • Many herbal remedies use extracts from the Ziziphus jujuba tree for their calming effects.

Synonyms

jujube bush
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A small spiny tree that produces sweet red fruits you can eat

is a larger tree species rather than a shrub or small tree
jujube
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A small dark red fruit like a plum that grows on an Asian tree

is the scientific species name rather than the general fruit or tree term

Surface Forms

Ziziphus jujuba singular
Ziziphus jujubas plural

Morphology

Ziziphus + jujuba

This is a Latin binomial combining the genus name 'Ziziphus' with the specific epithet 'jujuba', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a species of Ziziphus (i.e., a spiny tree). Taxonomic binomials are compositional and cross-linguistically recognizable as 'genus + species', making the basic meaning derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Ziziphus jujuba comes from an old word for the sweet red fruit 'jujube'. The picture to remember is a spiny tree covered in small, round red fruits that people eat or use as medicine, so the name now means the tree that makes those jujubes.