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How to pronounce jujube in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chinese date, chinese jujube
Type of drupe, edible fruit, stone fruit
Type Words
Synonyms christ's-thorn, jerusalem thorn, jujube bush, ziziphus jujuba
Type of shrub, bush
Type Words
Type of gumdrop

Examples of jujube

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The ends are painted in a mixture of pigment and sap from cedar and jujube trees.
From the post-gazette.com
These particular stones are made of Yunzi material, and the bowls of jujube wood.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In Vietnam, the jujube fruit is eaten freshly picked from the tree as a snack.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Jujube chef Charlie Deal is continuing to offer a series of recession wine dinners.
From the newsobserver.com
Also, the tree has a more spreading habit than the usual upright shape of the jujube.
From the al.com
The Libyan jujube tree is two metres high but has branches 60 metres long.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jujube is not particular about soils and is tolerant of most except a constantly wet spot.
From the al.com
Now the reason one would want a jujube in the landscape is for the fruit.
From the al.com
Jujube, which originally got two lines, now has a 20-line explanation in the 2007 edition.
From the toledoblade.com
More examples
  • Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
  • Dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
  • Chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
  • Ziziphus jujuba (from Greek u03B6u03AFu03B6u03C5u03C6u03BFu03BD, zu00EDzyphon), commonly called jujube (/u02C8du0292uu02D0du0292uu02D0b/; sometimes jujuba), red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It is used primarily as a shade tree that also bears fruit.
  • Jujube (or), or jube, is the name of several types of candy, varying in description on a regional basis. The candies can vary in texture form being hard and resinous to something similar to firm loukoum or gummy candies.
  • The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees; a fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus zizyphus; The Chinese date, Fructus jujubae; A type of candy; specific type varies by country
  • (Ju-jubes) Commercial candy name
  • A small, hard, gelatinous candy with a fruit-flavor. Also refers to a Chinese jujube, a red, olive-sized fruit with a leathery skin with a prune-like flavor.
  • A small, edible fruit from an Asian tree of the buckthorn family. The fruit has one seed in the center, somewhat like a cherry.