jujube
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːdʒuːb/
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jujube
- Dried jujubes are often used as a natural sweetener in traditional recipes.
- jujube tree
Examples
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Acacia, jujubes, Strychnos, Bengal currant, sirissa, asparagus, and other genera which they utilize occur in this zone.
Academic text (1993) -
Jujube.
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Now stay tuned because I'll be going over this really unique pruning method that is quite specific to these younger jujube trees.
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A nice find was a lone specimen of a rare species of jujube tree (Ziziphus spini-christi).
Academic text (1991) -
The jujube fruit is popular in many Asian dishes for its rich flavor.
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I bought a bag of jujubes from the market, eager to try them in my cooking.
Synonyms
A spiny Asian tree that produces dark red edible jujube fruits
A small spiny tree that produces sweet red fruits you can eat
A small dark red fruit like a plum that is sweet, chewy, and often dried
A dark red fruit like a plum with sweet flesh often eaten fresh or dried
Compounds
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jujube first named a small Asian fruit and comes from the old name ziziphus used in Arabic and Persian. So the modern meaning 'a small, dark red, plum-like fruit' (and the tree that gives it) is simply the original fruit the name described.