| NOUN | plant | Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus | spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs |
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| Meaning | Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes. | |
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| Synonym | genus Ziziphus | |
| Member of | Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family | Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value |
| Members | jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba | Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits |
| lotus tree, Ziziphus lotus | shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region | |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | genus ziziphus, ziziphus | |
| Catalan | genus ziziphus, ziziphus | |
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