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juniper
(dʒuːnɪpəʳ)
Word forms: plural junipers
variable noun
A juniper is an evergreen bush with purple berries which can be used in cooking and medicine.
juniper in British English
(ˈdʒuːnɪpə)
noun
1.
any coniferous shrub or small tree of the genus Juniperus, of the N hemisphere, having purple berry-like cones. The cones of J. communis (common or dwarf juniper) are used as a flavouring in making gin
See also red cedar (sense 1)2.
any of various similar trees, grown mainly as ornamentals
3. Old Testament
one of the trees used in the building of Solomon's temple (I Kings 6:15, 34) and for shipbuilding (Ezekiel 27:5)
Word origin
C14: from Latin jūniperus, of obscure originjuniper in American English
(ˈdʒunɪpər)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Juniperus) of evergreen shrubs or trees of the cypress family, with needlelike or scalelike foliage, aromatic wood, and berrylike cones that yield an oil used for flavoring gin and formerly in medicine
2. US
any of several similar trees grown for ornament
3.
retem
Word origin
ME junipur < L juniperus < IE base *yoini-, reed (> jonquil) + unexplained second elementImage ofjuniper
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British English: juniper NOUN
A juniper is an evergreen bush with purple berries which can be used in cooking and medicine.
- American English: juniper
- Brazilian Portuguese: junípero
- Chinese: 杜松
- European Spanish: enebro
- French: genièvre
- German: Wacholder
- Italian: ginepro
- Japanese: ネズ
- Korean: 향나무
- European Portuguese: junípero
- Latin American Spanish: enebro
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