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jujube

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/
  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuː.biː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese date, red date, Korean date, Indian date

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The fruit of this tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese date, red date, Korean date, Indian date, fructus jujubae, ber, Indian plum, regi pandu, Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau, jujubean, juju bean

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, regi pandu, Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A type of candy; specific type varies by country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jujubean, juju bean

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gumdrop

7

noun

Meaning 7

dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese date, Chinese jujube

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible fruit, drupe, stone fruit

8

noun

Meaning 8

spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

From Middle English jujube, from Medieval Latin jujuba or Old French jujube, perhaps via Old Occitan from Classical Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). First attested in the 14th century.

Across languages

Translations

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Chadian Arabic: نابك (nābak) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Armenian: ունաբ (unab) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Armenian: ունաբի (unabi) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Middle Armenian: յունապի (yunapi) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Assamese: বগৰী গছ (bogori gos) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Bulgarian: хинап (hinap) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Burmese: ဇီးပင် (ji:pang) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Catalan: ginjoler — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棗樹 /枣树 (zǎoshù) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Finnish: kiinanjujuba — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • French: jujubier — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Galician: azufaifo — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • German: Jujube — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • German: chinesische Dattel — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Greek: τζιτζιφιά (tzitzifiá) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Ancient Greek: ζίζυφον (zízuphon) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Hungarian: zsidótövis — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Italian: giuggiolo — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Kannada: ಎಲಚಿ (elaci) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Korean: 대추나무 (daechunamu) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Latin: zizyphus — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Lithuanian: zizifas — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Macedonian: ци́рка (círka) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Malayalam: ഇലന്ത (ilanta) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Persian: عناب ('annâb) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Persian: تبرخون (tabarxun) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Persian: چیلان (čīlān) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Persian: سیلانه (sīlāne) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Polish: jujuba — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Portuguese: jujuba — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Portuguese: jujubeira — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Romanian: jujub — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Romanian: jujubier — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Russian: юю́ба (jujúba) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Russian: кита́йский фи́ник (kitájskij fínik) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Russian: уна́би (unábi) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Russian: жужу́ба (žužúba) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Russian: жужу́б (žužúb) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Spanish: azufaifo — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Spanish: jinjolero — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Tamil: இலந்தை (ilantai) — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Turkish: hünnap — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Vietnamese: cây táo tàu — Ziziphus jujuba tree
  • Albanian: hide — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Albanian: xinxife — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Albanian: kimçë — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Arabic: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Chadian Arabic: نابك (nābak) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Armenian: ունաբ (unab) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Middle Armenian: յունապ (yunap) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Assamese: বগৰী (bogori) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Azerbaijani: innab — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Bulgarian: хинап (hinap) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Burmese: ဇီးသီး (ji:si:) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Catalan: gínjol — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 棗 /枣 (zou2) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 紅棗 /红枣 — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 棗 /枣 (cō̤) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棗 /枣 (zǎo) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅棗 /红枣 (hóngzǎo) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Min Nan Chinese: 棗 /枣 (chó) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Min Nan Chinese: 棗仔 /枣仔 (chó-á) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Dutch: jujube — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Esperanto: jujubo — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Finnish: kiinanjujuba — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Finnish: jujube — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • French: jujube — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • German: Jujube — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • German: chinesische Dattel — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • German: Brustbeere — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Greek: ζίζιφο (zízifo) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Greek: τζίτζιφο (tzítzifo) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Hungarian: zsidótövisbogyó — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Italian: giuggiola — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Japanese: 棗 (natsume) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Kannada: ಎಲಚಿ (elaci) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Korean: 대추 (daechu) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Central Kurdish: سِنجِرازی (sincirazî) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Latin: zizyphum — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Lithuanian: zizifas — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Macedonian: ци́рка (círka) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Persian: عناب ('annâb) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Persian: تبرخون (tabarxun) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Polish: jujuba — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Portuguese: jujuba — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Romanian: jujubă — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Russian: юю́ба (jujúba) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Russian: кита́йский фи́ник (kitájskij fínik) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Russian: уна́би (unábi) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Russian: жужу́ба (žužúba) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Russian: жужу́б (žužúb) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Sanskrit: सेवि (sevi) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: žižula — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Spanish: azufaifa — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Spanish: jínjol — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Tamil: இலந்தைக்காய் (ilantaikkāy) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Tamil: இலந்தைப்பழம் (ilantaippaḻam) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Tibetan: ཆི་བི་ཁ (chi bi kha) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Tibetan: འབྲ་གོ — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Turkish: İnnap — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Turkish: hünnap — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایكده (iğde) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Ottoman Turkish: عناب (ʿunnab) — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Vietnamese: quả táo tàu — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Wolof: déem — Ziziphus jujuba fruit
  • Catalan: ginjoler — Ziziphus mauritiana tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度棗 /印度枣 (Yìndù zǎo) — Ziziphus mauritiana tree
  • German: Indische Jujube — Ziziphus mauritiana tree
  • Tamil: இலந்தை (ilantai) — Ziziphus mauritiana tree
  • Vietnamese: cây táo ta — Ziziphus mauritiana tree
  • Bengali: কুল (kul) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Bengali: বরই (boroi) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Catalan: gínjol — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滇刺棗 /滇刺枣 — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 印度棗 /印度枣 (jan3 dou6 zou2) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 青棗 /青枣 — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度棗 /印度枣 (Yìndù zǎo) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青棗 /青枣 (qīngzǎo) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Greek: ζίζιφο (zízifo) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Tamil: இலந்தைக்காய் (ilantaikkāy) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Tamil: இலந்தைப்பழம் (ilantaippaḻam) — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
  • Vietnamese: quả táo ta — Ziziphus mauritiana fruit