noun
jujube; Chinese date; red date
The fruit of Ziziphus jujuba, commonly eaten dried or used in traditional medicine and cooking.
ナツメは漢方薬によく使われる。
Jujubes are often used in Chinese herbal medicine.
乾燥ナツメをおやつに食べる。
I eat dried jujubes as a snack.
noun
small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
A small container for powdered green tea used in the Japanese tea ceremony. The name comes from its shape resembling the jujube fruit.
茶道では、棗に抹茶を入れておく。
In the tea ceremony, powdered green tea is kept in a natsume.
デーツ refers to dates (the fruit of the date palm), which are different from jujubes, though both are sweet dried fruits.
The word is native Japanese. The kanji 棗 is a Chinese character for the jujube tree, adopted for its meaning. The tea utensil sense derives from the fruit shape.