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GENUS ZIZIPHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
Synonyms:
genus Ziziphus; Ziziphus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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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