1. Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
   "The sweet jujube fruits are popular in Asian cuisine";
   - jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
    
2. Dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
   "Dried jujubes are commonly used in Chinese medicine";
   - Chinese date, Chinese jujube
    
3. Chewy fruit-flavoured jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
   "He sucked on a cherry jujube to ease his cough"

Derived forms: jujubes

Type of: bush, drupe, edible fruit, gumdrop, shrub, stone fruit

Part of: genus Ziziphus, Ziziphus

Encyclopedia: Jujube