jujube

名词 jujube:

1. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
   同义词：jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
2. dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
   同义词：Chinese date, Chinese jujube
3. chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)

ju.jube

n.（名词）

Any of several Old World trees of the genusZiziphus, especially Z. jujuba, having palmately veined leaves, spiny stipules, small yellowish flowers, and dark red fruit.
枣树：产于东半球的几种枣 属乔木。尤指 枣树 ，叶为掌状且有叶脉，有多刺托叶，开浅黄色小花，果实为暗红色
The fleshy, edible drupe of this tree.Also called Chinese date
枣子：这种树所结的多肉、可食的核果也作 Chinese date
also [jô.jô-bô.] A fruit-flavored, usually chewy candy or lozenge.
也作 [jô.jô-bô.] 枣味胶糖：一种枣味糖果或糖锭，通常耐嚼

来源：
Middle English [jujube fruit]
中古英语 [枣树果实]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin jujuba
源自 中世纪拉丁语 jujuba
from Latin zizyphum
源自 拉丁语 zizyphum
from Greek zizuphon
源自 希腊语 zizuphon