jujube

ju·jube  (jjb)

n.

1.

a. Any of several Old World trees of the genus Ziziphus, especially Z. jujuba, having palmately veined leaves, spiny stipules, small yellowish flowers, and dark red fruit.

b. The fleshy, edible drupe of this tree. Also called Chinese date.

2. also (jj-b) A fruit-flavored, usually chewy candy or lozenge.

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[Middle English, jujube fruit, from Old French, from Medieval Latin jujuba, from Latin zizyphum, from Greek zizuphon.]

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jujube

Noun

a chewy sweet made of flavoured gelatine [Medieval Latin jujuba]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jujube - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn Chinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems genus Ziziphus, Ziziphus - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
	2.	jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees Chinese date, Chinese jujube 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 jujube, jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
	3.	jujube - chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat) gumdrop - a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals