Ziziphus
         n 1: spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
               [syn: {Ziziphus}, {genus Ziziphus}]

English Dictionary: Ziziphus jujuba	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ziziphus jujuba n spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ziziphus lotus n shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region [syn: lotus tree, Ziziphus lotus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium                   speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in                   Egypt, and to this day in Asia; {Nelumbium luteum},                   the American lotus; and {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N.                   c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and                   blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with                   {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient                   monuments.             (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in                   Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain                   ({Zizyphus Lotus}), the fruit of which is mildly                   sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers                   who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all                   desire to return to it.             (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}.             (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling                   clover. [Written also {lotos}.]          {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of             Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish             black berry, which is called also the {date plum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Christ's-thorn \Christ's-thorn`\, n. (Bot.)       One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine,       especially the {Paliurus aculeatus}, {Zizyphus       Spina-Christi}, and {Z. vulgaris}. The last bears the fruit       called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most       readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Nabk \[d8]Nabk\ (n[acr]bk), n. [Ar. nabiqa, nibqa.] (Bot.)       The edible berries of the {Zizyphys Lotus}, a tree of       Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also       {nubk}.] See {Lotus}       (b), and {Sadr}.