Obs. [mod.L., pl. of late L. zizyphum fruit of the tree ZIZYPHUS.] The fruit of the zizyphus; = JUJUBE 1; also, the tree itself.

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1546.  Langley, trans. 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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1555.  Eden, Decades (Arb.), 110. The frute cauled Zizipha, which the Apothecaries caule Iuiuba.

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1712.  [see ZIZYPHUS].

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