- Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
--1 is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
--1 is a member of Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family
--1 has members:jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba; lotus tree, Ziziphus lotus