ziziphus

Questions about ziziphus

What does ziziphus mean?

ziziphus means "spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes".

How many syllables are in ziziphus?

ziziphus has 3 syllables and divides as zi-zi-phus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ziziphus?

Close synonyms include genus Ziziphus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ziziphus a common word?

ziziphus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.