Collins English-English Dictionary

jujube ['ʤuːʤuːb]

1. 1. n Also called (for senses 1, 2) Chinese date

2. 2. n 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

3. 3. n the fruit of any of these trees

4. 4. n a chewy sweet made of flavoured gelatine and sometimes medicated to soothe sore throats

5. 5. n [Etymology] C14: from Medieval Latin jujuba, modification of Latin zizyphum, from Greek zizuphon