ziz'i-fus, n. a genus of shrubs or trees of the buckthorn family, mostly native to tropical Asia and America--the jujube-tree. [L.,--Gr. zizyphos.]
A genus of shruba or trees of the Rhamneae; in the pi., zizyphi, the fruits of Z. vulgaris. Z. vulgaris. A species found in the Orient, especially of Syria, cultivated in the Mediterranean regions of Europe for its fruits.
