ziziphus jujuba

Questions about ziziphus jujuba

What does ziziphus jujuba mean?

ziziphus jujuba means "spiny tree having dark red edible fruits".

What is another word for ziziphus jujuba?

Close synonyms include jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn. 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 jujuba a common word?

ziziphus jujuba is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.