‖ zizypha Obs.
[mod.L., pl. of late L. zizyphum fruit of the tree zizyphus.]
The fruit of the zizyphus; = jujube 1; also, the tree itself.
| 1546 Langley tr. Pol. Verg. De Invent. iii. ii. 67 Zinzipha [sic] & Tuberes .ii. kyndes of apple trees S. Papinius conueighed out of Siria and Affrike into Italy. 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.) 110 The frute cauled Zizipha, which the Apothecaries caule Iuiuba. 1712 [see zizyphus]. |