Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jujube
3 senses of jujube
Sense 1
jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba -- (spiny tree having dark red edible fruits)
=> shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Sense 2
jujube, Chinese date, Chinese jujube -- (dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees)
=> edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
=> drupe, stone fruit -- (fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube)
Sense 3
jujube -- (chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat))
=> gumdrop -- (a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals)