juniper


Definition: Meaning of, juniper in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈdʒuːnɪpə /

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juniper junipers
[uncountable and countable]
  1. a small bush that produces purple BERRIES that can be used in cooking
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juniper used in phrases

  • Mexican juniper (noun)
    1. small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
  • common juniper (noun)
    1. densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavour gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland
  • creeping juniper (noun)
    1. low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter
  • drooping juniper (noun)
    1. small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
  • dwarf juniper (noun)
    1. a procumbent variety of the common juniper
    2. procumbent or spreading juniper
  • juniper berries (noun)
    1. berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin
  • juniper berry (noun)
    1. berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper
  • juniper bush (noun)
    1. desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
  • red juniper (noun)
    1. small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
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