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Ziziphus

noun

spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes

• Syn: ↑genus Ziziphus

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rhamnaceae, ↑family Rhamnaceae, ↑buckthorn family

• Member Meronyms:

↑jujube, ↑jujube bush, ↑Christ's-thorn, ↑Jerusalem thorn, ↑Ziziphus jujuba, ↑lotus tree, ↑Ziziphus lotus

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\\ˈzizəfəs\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin zizyphus jujube tree, from zizyphum jujube — more at jujube

1. capitalized : a large genus of spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs (family Rhamnaceae) having triple-veined leaves and small cymose flowers with a 2-celled ovary — see christ's-thorn, jujube, lotus tree

2. -es : any plant of the genus Ziziphus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.