jujube

Other forms: jujubes

Definitions of jujube
  1. noun
    spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
    synonyms: Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, jujube bush
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  2. noun
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    synonyms: Chinese date, Chinese jujube
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    type of:
    edible fruit
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    drupe, stone fruit
    fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
  3. noun
    chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
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    type of:
    gumdrop
    a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
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