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| ju·jube [ j jb ] (plural ju·jubes) |
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1. dark-red fruit: a plum-shaped dark-red fruit that is sometimes dried like a date
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2. tree with red fruits: a tree that produces jujubes. Native to: Asia. Latin name Ziziphus jujuba.
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3. chewy candy: a chewy, usually fruit-flavored, candy made of gum or gelatin
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< medieval Latin jujuba< Greek ziziphos] |
