Jujube
the popular name of a genus of spiny and deciduous shrubs or small trees, genus Zizyphus, natural order Rhamnaceæ. The species are numerous, and of several the fruit, which is bloodsaffron-colored with or red a sweet granular pulp, is wholesome and pleasant to eat. The common jujube (Z. vulgaris) is a native of Syria, from which it was introduced into Europe. The fruit is dried and forms an article of commerce. Z. Lotus, a shrub two or three feet high, is a native of Persia and the N. of Africa. Z. spina Christi, or Christ's thorn, is said to have furnished the branches of which our Saviour's crown of thorns was made. Also a confection made of gum arabic or gelatine, sweetened and flavored.
JUJUY (Hö-Hwē'), the extreme N. province of the Argentine Republic; a mountainous tract, bounded on the W. and N. by Bolivia; area 18,977 square miles; pop. about 77,000. Its minerals are rich. The chief industries are agriculture and cattle-raising; sugar and wheat are the principal crops. The exports consist of cattle, mules, fruit, chicha brandy, skins, gold-dust, and salt. Capital Jujuy, on the San Francisco river, has a custom-house, national college, etc., pop. about 6,000.