Simmondsia chinensis
Jojoba (Wikipedia)
| Jojoba | |
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| Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) shrub | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Simmondsiaceae |
| Genus: | Simmondsia Nutt. |
| Species: | S. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Simmondsia chinensis | |
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Jojoba /həˈhoʊbə/ (
listen), with the botanical name Simmondsia chinensis, and also known as goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bush, is native to the Southwestern United States. Simmondsia chinensis is the sole species of the family Simmondsiaceae, placed in the order Caryophyllales.
Jojoba is grown commercially to produce jojoba oil, a liquid wax ester extracted from its seed.
Jojoba (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jojoba, from O'odham hohowi.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həˈhəʊbə/, /həʊˈhəʊbə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊˈhoʊbə/, /həˈhoʊbə/, enPR: hō-hōʹbə, hə-hōʹbə
- Hyphenation: jo‧jo‧ba
Noun
jojoba (plural jojobas)
- A shrub native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, Simmondsia chinensis: the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.
Synonyms
- (Simmondsia chinensis): goat
