Gumdrop vs. Jujube — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gumdrop and Jujube
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Gumdrop
Gumdrops are a type of gummy candy. They are brightly colored pectin-based pieces, shaped like a narrow dome (sometimes with a flattened top), often coated in granulated sugar and having fruit and spice flavors; the latter are also known as spice drops.
Jujube
Ziziphus jujuba, commonly called jujube (; sometimes jujuba), red date, Chinese date, Chinese jujube is a species in the genus of Ziziphus (some of whose other species are also sometimes referred to as jujube), in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae).
Gumdrop
A small candy made of sweetened, colored, and flavored gum arabic or gelatin and often coated with sugar.
Jujube
The edible berrylike fruit of a Eurasian plant, formerly taken as a cure for coughs.
Gumdrop
A small chewy candy made with corn syrup, gelatin, and flavouring.
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Jujube
The shrub or small tree that produces the jujube fruit, native to the warmer regions of Eurasia.
Gumdrop
A jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
Jujube
A thorny deciduous small tree or shrub (Ziziphus jujuba) native to Asia, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.
Jujube
The small sweet greenish to red fruit of this tree. Also called Chinese date.
Jujube
Any of various other trees or shrubs of the genus Ziziphus bearing edible fruit.
Jujube
(also jj-bē′) A fruit-flavored candy or lozenge.
Jujube
The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
Jujube
A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.
Jujube
The fruit of this tree, fructus jujubae.
Jujube
A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.
Jujube
The fruit of this tree.
Jujube
(North America) A type of candy; specific type varies by country.
Jujube
The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Zizyphus jujuba, Zizyphus vulgaris, Zizyphus mucronata, and Zizyphus Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
Jujube
A chewy gelatinous lozenge made of or in imitation of, or flavored with, the jujube fruit.
Jujube
Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
Jujube
Dark red plum-like fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
Jujube
Chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat)
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