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Juniper

Juniper Meaning & Definition
Juniper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Juniper?

[n] coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
[n] desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

Synonyms | Synonyms for Juniper: Genista raetam | juniper bush | raetam | Retama raetam | retem

Related Terms | Find terms related to Juniper:

See Also | bush | common juniper | creeping juniper | cypress | drooping juniper | dwarf juniper | genus Juniperus | genus Retama | ground cedar | juniper berry | Juniperus | Juniperus communis | Juniperus communis depressa | Juniperus flaccida | Juniperus horizontalis | Juniperus sabina | Juniperus silicicola | Mexican juniper | pencil cedar | pencil cedar tree | Retama | savin | shrub | southern red cedar

Juniper In Webster's Dictionary

\Ju"ni*per\, n. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. {Gin} the liquor.] (Bot.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus {Juniperus} and order {Conifer[ae]}. Note: The common juniper ({J. communis}) is a shrub of a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc. {Juniper worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a geometrid moth ({Drepanodes varus}). It feeds upon the leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and color, in a remarkable manner.

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