jujube

A thorny deciduous small tree or shrub (Ziziphus jujuba) native to Asia, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

The small sweet greenish to red fruit of this tree.

Any of various other trees or shrubs of the genus Ziziphus bearing edible fruit.

A fruit-flavored candy or lozenge.

The name of several species of plants of the genus Zizyphus.

The edible fruit of these plants.

A confection made of gum arabic or gelatin, sweetened and flavored so as to resemble the jujube-fruit. Also called jujube paste, a name originally applied to a jelly made from the jujube.

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.