juniper
n.
cone bearing evergreen shrub or tree whose berries yield an oil which is used in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic
Juniper
Juniper
juniper
Noun
1. desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
(synonym) retem, raetam, juniper bush, Retama raetam, Genista raetam
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(member-holonym) Retama, genus Retama
2. coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
(hypernym) cypress
(hyponym) pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree
(member-holonym) Juniperus, genus Juniperus
(part-meronym) juniper berry
Juniper
(n.)
Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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