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jujube
[ joo-joob ]
noun
- a small candy or lozenge of gum arabic, gelatin, or the like and fruit flavoring.
jujube
/ 藞诲萧耻藧诲萧耻藧产 /
noun
- any of several Old World spiny rhamnaceous trees of the genus Ziziphus, esp Z. jujuba, that have small yellowish flowers and dark red edible fruits See also Christ's-thorn
- the fruit of any of these trees
- a chewy sweet made of flavoured gelatine and sometimes medicated to soothe sore throats
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jujube1
1350鈥1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin jujuba < Latin 锄墨锄颈辫丑耻尘 < Greek 锄铆锄测辫丑辞苍 jujube tree
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jujube1
C14: from Medieval Latin jujuba, modification of Latin 锄墨锄测辫丑耻尘, from Greek zizuphon
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Food was one of the few things that poor migrant workers brought with them to the railroads, introducing the region to ginseng and jujube.
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This year he's proud of his crop of jujube or Chinese dates, persimmons, and yuzu, a type of citrus.
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Fortified with ginseng and jujubes, this Korean chicken soup is a garlic lover鈥檚 dream.
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Haoxiangni, which is based in the eastern city of Hangzhou, said in a separate filing that it had decided to sell as it wanted to focus on the jujube business.
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We climbed the Jethian valley, plucking tart berries from jujube trees.
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