ziziphus
IPA: zzɪfʌs
Root Word: Ziziphus
noun
- Ziziphus Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 is a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in the warm-temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world.
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Examples of "ziziphus" in Sentences
- Ber is a tropical fruit growing on the tree Ziziphus mauritiana.
- Ziziphus, beet and ragweed sometimes were used as sexual stimulants in the past.
- "Plants like the very rare ziziphus, blushing scrub balm, and pink lupine still need more protected areas.
- That was the Florida ziziphus, a shrub that has since been found on a handful of public and private tracts in Polk and Highlands counties and is the focus of a reintroduction program.