jujube bush
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːdʒuːb bʌʃ/
:
arbusto de jujube
- The jujube bush produces sweet, dark red fruits.
Examples
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The jujube bush thrives in dry climates and poor soils.
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We planted a jujube bush in the backyard for its attractive fruit.
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Birds love to eat the sweet fruit produced by the jujube bush.
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Have you ever tasted fruit from a jujube bush?
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The jujube bush is known for its sweet, dark red fruits that are often enjoyed fresh.
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In my garden, the jujube bush has flourished, attracting numerous birds with its ripe fruit.
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After several years, our jujube bush finally bore fruit, much to our delight.
Synonyms
A spiny Asian tree that produces dark red edible jujube fruits
A small dark red fruit like a plum that grows on an Asian tree
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Morphology
The meaning is transparently built from its parts: 'jujube' identifies the fruit/tree and 'bush' denotes a small woody plant, so 'jujube bush' straightforwardly means a bush that bears jujubes. This simple noun+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Jujube bush comes from the sweet fruit called a jujube and the word bush, meaning a low, woody plant. Because the shrub produces many small, candy-like jujube fruits, people named the plant after its fruit, so jujube bush means 'a shrub that bears jujubes'.