jojoba

English

Jojoba leaves and fruit

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jojoba, from O'odham hohowi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈhəʊbə/, /həʊˈhəʊbə/
• IPA^(key): /hoʊˈhoʊbə/, /həˈhoʊbə/, enPR: hō-hōʹbə, hə-hōʹbə

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: jo‧jo‧ba

Noun

jojoba (plural jojobas)

1. A shrub native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, : the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.

Synonyms

• (Simmondsia chinensis): goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, gray box bush

Derived terms

• jojoba ester
• jojoba oil

Translations

Simmondsia chinensis

• Bulgarian: жожоба f (žožoba)
• French: jojoba (fr) m
• German: Jojoba f
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• Portuguese: jojoba f
• Spanish: jojoba f

See also

• jujube

References

• jojoba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Simmondsia chinensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Simmondsia chinensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Spanish

Noun

jojoba f (plural jojobas)

1. jojoba (plant)
   • 1816, Agustín Pomposo Fernández de San Salvador, Los jesuitas quitados y restituidos al mundo:

     […] la Jojoba estimable por su eficacia para curar la supresion de orina y las heridas, facilitar el parto, y su azeyte poderoso contra el cancer, no dá fruto sino el año que en invierno cae alguna gran lluvia […]

     The jojoba [is] esteemed because of its efficacy in curing urine lack and wounds, and facilitating birth, and its oil is strong against cancer, and it does not give fruits if not in spring some great rain fell.

Further reading

• jojoba on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es