jujube
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jujube /ˈdʒuːdʒuːb/
▶noun
- 1 the edible berry-like fruit of the jujube bush, formerly taken as a cough cure.
■ N. Amer. a jujube-flavoured lozenge or sweet.
- 2 (also jujube bush) the shrub that produces the jujube fruit. [Ziziphus jujuba.]
– origin ME: from Fr., or from med. L. jujuba, based on Gk zizuphos.
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