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Jujube   /dʒˈudʒˌub/   Listen
Jujube

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



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"Jujube" Quotes from Famous Books



... card-room traps, Yet making fearful faces Because his foes, perfidious chaps, Have always all the aces— "Ruined! the old place mortgaged! faugh!" (The guttering candles quiver)— Instead of draining brandy raw Clenches a jujube in his jaw And strolls ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 3, 1920 • Various
... lived in a gingerbread house, With a roof of jujube paste, And sugar shutters, and peppermint pipes, And doors that you could taste; In a land where weather could do no harm, Absurd as that may seem, With chocolate ground and lemonade rain ...
— Zodiac Town - The Rhymes of Amos and Ann • Nancy Byrd Turner
... Jujube Soup Brisket of Antelope Boiled Petsai Dasheen au Gratin Creamed Udo Soy Bean and Lichee Nut Salad Yang Taw Pie Mangoes ...
— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall


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