Jujube vs. Date

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  • Jujube

    Ziziphus jujuba (from Greek ζίζυφον, zízyphon), commonly called jujube (; sometimes jujuba), red date, Chinese date, is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae).

Wikipedia
  • Jujube (noun)

    The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.

  • Jujube (noun)

    A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.

  • Jujube (noun)

    The fruit of this tree, also known as Chinese date and fructus jujubae.

  • Jujube (noun)

    A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.

  • Jujube (noun)

    The fruit of this tree, also known as Chinese date.

  • Jujube (noun)

    A type of candy; specific type varies by country.

  • Date (noun)

    The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

    “We made a nice cake from dates.”

  • Date (noun)

    The date palm.

    “There were a few dates planted around the house.”

  • Date (noun)

    The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

    “the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.”

    “US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.”

  • Date (noun)

    A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

    “the date for pleading”

    “The start date for the festival is September 2.”

    “Do you know the date of the wedding?”

    “We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.”

  • Date (noun)

    A point in time.

    “You may need that at a later date.”

  • Date (noun)

    Assigned end; conclusion.

  • Date (noun)

    Given or assigned length of life; duration.

  • Date (noun)

    A pre-arranged meeting.

    “I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.”

  • Date (noun)

    One’s companion for social activities or occasions.

    “I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.”

  • Date (noun)

    A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

    “We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.”

    “We slept together on the first date.”

    “The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.”

  • Date (verb)

    To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

    “to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter”

  • Date (verb)

    To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.

  • Date (verb)

    To determine the age of something.

    “to date the building of the pyramids”

  • Date (verb)

    To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

  • Date (verb)

    To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.

  • Date (verb)

    To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.

  • Date (verb)

    To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

    “This show hasn’t dated well.”

  • Date (verb)

    To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Wiktionary
  • Jujube (noun)

    the edible berrylike fruit of a Eurasian plant, formerly taken as a cure for coughs.

  • Jujube (noun)

    a jujube-flavoured lozenge or sweet.

  • Jujube (noun)

    the shrub or small tree that produces the jujube fruit, native to the warmer regions of Eurasia.

Oxford Dictionary

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