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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζίζυφον n (zízuphon). Latin zīzyphum denotes the fruit.
Pronunciation
Noun
zīzyphus f (genitive zīzyphī); second declension
- jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “zizyphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zizyphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.