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noun

Jujube n.

The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Zizyphus jujuba, Zizyphus vulgaris, Zizyphus mucronata, and Zizyphus Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.

A chewy gelatinous lozenge made of or in imitation of, or flavored with, the jujube fruit.

Jujube paste, the dried or inspissated jelly of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic sweetened.

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Etymology of 'Jujube'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jujube" Quotes from Famous Books

... entered a druggist's, and the same thing on a smaller scale was repeated, except that here Marina did no tasting, but for a stray gelatine or jujube. By the time the shop door closed behind them, Laura could almost have eaten liquorice powder. It was two o'clock, and she was ...

— The Getting of Wisdom • Henry Handel Richardson

... offered her one between his thumb and forefinger. She refused it, but thrust her fingers into the box and extracted one for herself. Then she leaned back in the carriage, drew her hat over her face, and exposed to view only a chin and a mole under it, that moved up and down as she sucked her jujube. ...

— In Troubadour-Land - A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc • S. Baring-Gould

... and the parables of our Lord. But the fact is that some of the publishing houses that once were cautious about the moral tone of their books have become reckless about every thing but the number of copies sold. It is all the same to them whether the package they send out be corn starch, jujube paste or hellebore. They wrap up fifty copies and mark them C.O.D. But if the expressman, according to that mark, should collect on delivery all the curses that shall come on the head of the publishing house which printed them, he would ...

— Around The Tea-Table • T. De Witt Talmage

... The garden jujube, although small, May still be used for food. A State, though poor as ours, might thrive, If but its rule were good. Our rule is bad, our State is sad, With mournful heart I grieve. Methinks I'll wander through the land, My ...

— Chinese Literature • Anonymous

Words linked to "Jujube" : Christ's-thorn, Chinese jujube, edible fruit, stone fruit, shrub, drupe, Jerusalem thorn