zizyphusn.

Brit.

/ˈzɪzᵻfəs/, U.S.

/ˈzɪzəfəs/

Forms:

α. late Middle English ȝiȝyphus, late Middle English zizifus, late Middle English 1800s– ziziphus, 1600s– zizyphus.

β. 1700s ziziph, 1800s–1900s zizyph.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin zīziphus.

Etymology: < classical Latin zīziphus (in post-classical Latin also zizyfus) jujube tree (Columella) < Hellenistic Greek ζίζυϕον jujube tree, of unknown origin; probably a loanword. Compare zizypha n., and also jujube n.Compare scientific Latin Ziziphus, genus name ( P. Miller Gardener's Dict. (1768), after Tournefort (1700)). The form zizyphus was also widely used (e.g. in Rhamnus zizyphus Linnaeus 1753).

Botany.

Any of various spiny shrubs or trees of warm and subtropical regions comprising the genus Ziziphus (family Rhamnaceae), several of which bear an edible fruit (see jujube n. 1). Cf. zizypha n.

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crown of thorns1852

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 84 Now zizifus [c1450 Bodl. Add. ȝiȝyphus; L. zizyfum] in cold lond wole ascende.

1597 J. Gerard Herball 1307 Neither doth Columella or Plinie vnaduisedly take this for Ziziphus.

1693 N. Staphorst tr. L. Rauwolf Trav. Eastern Countries iii. viii, in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. I. 325 Oenoplia a sort of Zizyphus.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 134 Jujuba, or Zizipha, a large Fruit of the Ziziph Tree.

1741 J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgicks ii. 84 (note) It seems to me more probable that the Lotus of the Lotophagi is what we now call Zizyphus or the Jujube-tree.

1865 H. B. Tristram Land of Israel xxii. 527 The zizyphus and caper crept higher up the hills.

1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 265 We are..still camped under a spreading ziziphus.

1890 Daily News 5 Apr. 6/1 The Crown of Thorns at Notre Dame is made of plaited reeds, in which ziziphus thorns are intertwined.

1919 E. J. Thompson Leicestershires beyond Baghdad v. 110 For most of the year the water-holes sufficed them, the green, velvet dips, with zizyph-bushes fringing each hollow, which redeem the desert.

1991 Traveller Winter 27/3 The canal was lined with new forests of tamarisk, ziziphus and mesquite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zizyphus
释义	zizyphusn. Brit. /ˈzɪzᵻfəs/, U.S. /ˈzɪzəfəs/ Forms: α. late Middle English ȝiȝyphus, late Middle English zizifus, late Middle English 1800s– ziziphus, 1600s– zizyphus. β. 1700s ziziph, 1800s–1900s zizyph. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin zīziphus. Etymology: < classical Latin zīziphus (in post-classical Latin also zizyfus) jujube tree (Columella) < Hellenistic Greek ζίζυϕον jujube tree, of unknown origin; probably a loanword. Compare zizypha n., and also jujube n.Compare scientific Latin Ziziphus, genus name ( P. Miller Gardener's Dict. (1768), after Tournefort (1700)). The form zizyphus was also widely used (e.g. in Rhamnus zizyphus Linnaeus 1753). Botany. Any of various spiny shrubs or trees of warm and subtropical regions comprising the genus Ziziphus (family Rhamnaceae), several of which bear an edible fruit (see jujube n. 1). Cf. zizypha n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties > zizyphus bushes zizyphus?1440 nabk1836 crown of thorns1852 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 84 Now zizifus [c1450 Bodl. Add. ȝiȝyphus; L. zizyfum] in cold lond wole ascende. 1597 J. Gerard Herball 1307 Neither doth Columella or Plinie vnaduisedly take this for Ziziphus. 1693 N. Staphorst tr. L. Rauwolf Trav. Eastern Countries iii. viii, in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. I. 325 Oenoplia a sort of Zizyphus. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 134 Jujuba, or Zizipha, a large Fruit of the Ziziph Tree. 1741 J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgicks ii. 84 (note) It seems to me more probable that the Lotus of the Lotophagi is what we now call Zizyphus or the Jujube-tree. 1865 H. B. Tristram Land of Israel xxii. 527 The zizyphus and caper crept higher up the hills. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 265 We are..still camped under a spreading ziziphus. 1890 Daily News 5 Apr. 6/1 The Crown of Thorns at Notre Dame is made of plaited reeds, in which ziziphus thorns are intertwined. 1919 E. J. Thompson Leicestershires beyond Baghdad v. 110 For most of the year the water-holes sufficed them, the green, velvet dips, with zizyph-bushes fringing each hollow, which redeem the desert. 1991 Traveller Winter 27/3 The canal was lined with new forests of tamarisk, ziziphus and mesquite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1440
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