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Definition of Chinese jujube
1. Noun. Dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit, Drupe, Stone Fruit
Group relationships: Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem Thorn, Jujube, Jujube Bush, Ziziphus Jujuba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Jujube
Literary usage of Chinese jujube
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"large specimen of a Chinese jujube tree, called the "Mu shing hong tsao," or ...
A heavily loaded tsao or Chinese jujube tree (Zizi/phits saliva) in a ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"This species, also, should be tried as a stock for the Chinese jujube It is
adapted to less arid soils than Zizyphus lotus and does well on those having a ..."
3. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"In the time of the Three Kingdoms (220-265), Fu-yii (Manchuria) produced "beautiful
pearls, which may be as big as suan-tsao (Chinese jujube [Zizyphus ..."
4. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"123), the Chinese jujube might be fruited in greenhouses in England, with a very
moderate degree of artificial heat. ..."
5. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"A white-barked pine cone and a fruiting branch of the Chinese jujube form the
theme on one face of the medal and the First Plant Introduction Expedition ..."
6. State Socialism, Pro and Con: Official Documents and Other Authoritative by Laidler, Harry Wellington, 1884-, William English Walling (1917)
"The introduced Chinese jujube has proved adapted to Texas and other portions of
the Southwest, and a new dry-land fruit tree, comparable in a measure to the ..."
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