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jajoba

jajoba is the alternative form of jojoba.

Meaning of jojoba

Noun

jojoba (plural jojobas)

  1. Any member of the species Simmondsia chinensis of shrubs native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.
    • The ground was bad – rocky and hard. That was why we used it for jojoba plants. The plants are tough. They donʼt need much.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 195
    Synonyms:
    goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, gray box bush

Forms of jajoba

pluraljajobas

Questions about jajoba

What is jajoba the alternative form of?
Jajoba is the alternative form of jojoba.

Words near jajoba in the dictionary

  1. jajillion
  2. jajillions
  3. jajman
  4. jajmani
  5. jajmans
  6. jajoba
  7. jajobas
  8. Jajpur
  9. jak
  10. Jakai
  11. Jakaltek

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