单词 | jujube |
释义 | jujube/ˈdʒuːdʒuːb![]() noun 1The edible berry-like fruit of a Eurasian plant, formerly taken as a cough cure.Sweet muscadine grapes, blackberries, apples, jujubes and a host of other fruits will be available at these upcoming sales....
1.1North American A jujube-flavoured lozenge or sweet.There were other rooms full of almonds, which they stripped and bleached and converted also into fine flour; or they turned boxes of gelatine into Turkish delight and jujubes. 2 (also jujube bush) The shrub or small tree that produces the jujube fruit, native to the warmer regions of Eurasia.
OriginLate Middle English: from French, or from medieval Latin jujuba, based on Greek zizuphos. |
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