jujube
pronunciation
How to pronounce jujube in British English:
UK ['dʒu:dʒu:b]
How to pronounce jujube in American English:
US ['dʒudʒub]
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- Noun:
- spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
- dark red plum-like fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
- chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
Word Origin
- jujube (n.)
- late 14c., "date-like fruit from a tree found in Asia," from Medieval Latin jujuba (plural), from Late Latin zizyphum, from zizyphus, an Asiatic tree with datelike fruit, from Greek zizyphon, from Persian zayzafun. The meaning "soft candy with date-like flavor" first recorded 1835.
Example
- 1. Jujube juice comparison among three methods for making chinese .
- 2. Embryo abortion and young embryo culture of chinese jujube .
- 3. Research and application of nutrient on jujube tree .
- 4. Eat red jujube every day meeting skin ?
- 5. Purification and corresponding spectroscopic analysis of selenium polysaccharide in sour jujube fruits .