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‖ 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....
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zizyphus
‖ zizyphus Bot. (ˈzɪzɪfəs) Also -iphus (5 -ifus); 8 anglicized ziziph. [late L., ad. Gr. ζίζυϕον.] A plant of a large widely distributed genus so named, which comprises spiny shrubs or trees of the buckthorn family, various species of which bear an edible fruit called zizypha or jujube, q.v.c 1440 P...
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jujube
jujube (ˈdʒuːdʒuːb) Also 7 jejub, 7–8 jujub, 8 jujeb. Also 4–8 in L. form jujuba. [a. F. jujube, or med.L. (and Sp.) jujuba, a much altered form of Gr. ζίζυϕον. In cl.Latin, this was duly reproduced in Columella and Palladius by zizyphum (the fruit), zizyphus (the tree); these appear to have passed ...
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tuber
▪ I. ‖ tuber1 Obs. Pl. tuberes. [L. tuber masc. (the fruit), fem. (the tree).] A kind of apple, or the tree on which it grows.c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 393 Now tuberis in quyncis me may graffe. 1546 Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. iii. ii. 65 b, Zizypha and Tuberes two kyndes of apple trees. 1658 tr...
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