What's the difference between jube and jujube?

Jube


Definition:

  • (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.
  • (n.) gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.

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Jujube


Definition:

  • (n.) The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Jujube acted as a mitigatory component for Glycyrrhiza.
  • (2) After administration of each extract of component crude drugs (Evodia fruit, Ginger, Ginseng: Jujube: such an effect was recognized only by Evodia fruit, and other component crude drugs exhibited no body temperature retaining effect in this experiment system.
  • (3) It was a characteristic that Pu Fuzhou treated the children pneumonia cases by using Pinelliae Tuber, Exocarpium Citri Rubrum, Jujube and Radix Glycyrrhizae.

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