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ZIZIPHUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes

Synonyms:

genus Ziziphus; Ziziphus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ziziphus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Ziziphus"):

Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; jujube; jujube bush; Ziziphus jujuba (spiny tree having dark red edible fruits)

lotus tree; Ziziphus lotus (shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region)

Holonyms ("Ziziphus" is a member of...):

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)

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