Grove Spelling Dictionary
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jujube or jujubee?

graft: letter 7
Writtenjujube

JOO-joob

The tree is jujube. The confusion is real and it has a cause: the boiled sweet named after the fruit is usually said JOO-joo-bee, with the final e sounded, while the fruit itself is normally JOO-joob, with the e silent. Two pronunciations, one spelling, and the ee rendering belongs to the sweet rather than to the tree.

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