English > Ziziphus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes. |
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Synonym | genus Ziziphus |
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Member of | Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family | Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value |
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Members | jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba | Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits |
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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 |
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Spanish | genus ziziphus, ziziphus |
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Catalan | genus ziziphus, ziziphus |
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