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–noun

1.	any evergreen, coniferous shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus, esp. J. communis, having cones that resemble dark-blue or blackish berries used in flavoring gin and in medicine as a diuretic.

2.	a tree mentioned in the Old Testament, said to be the retem.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME junipere < L jūniperus

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n. Any of various evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Juniperus, having needlelike or scalelike, often pointed leaves and aromatic, bluish-gray, berrylike, seed-bearing cones.

[Middle English, from Latin iūniperus; see perə-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
juniper

"evergreen shrub," 1388, from L. juniperus (cf. Fr. genièvre, Sp. enebro, Port. zimbro, It. ginepro), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to junco "reed." Applied to various N.Amer. species from 1748. In the Bible, it renders Heb. rethem, the name of a white-flowered shrub unrelated to the European evergreen.

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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 [syn: retem]
2.	coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
juniper [ˈdzuːnipə] noun

a type of evergreen shrub with berries and prickly leaves

Arabic:	ثَمَرَة العَرْعَر
Chinese (Simplified):	刺柏属丛木或树木
Chinese (Traditional):	刺柏屬叢木
Czech:	jalovec
Danish:	enebærbusk
Dutch:	jeneverbesstruik
Estonian:	kadakas
Finnish:	kataja
French:	genévrier
German:	der Wachholder
Greek:	θαμνόκεδρο (είδος αειθαλούς θάμνου με μούρα και αγκαθω
Hungarian:	boróka
Icelandic:	einir
Indonesian:	pohon juniper
Italian:	ginepro

Japanese:	びゃくしん
Korean:	향나무속(屬)의 식물
Latvian:	kadiķis
Lithuanian:	kadagys
Norwegian:	einer
Polish:	jałowiec
Portuguese (Brazil):	junípero
Portuguese (Portugal):	zimbro
Romanian:	ienupăr
Russian:	можжевельник
Slovak:	borievka
Slovenian:	brinje
Spanish:	enebro
Swedish:	en
Turkish:	ardıç

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Juniper Hills, CA Zip code(s): 93543, 93553

Juniper, GA Zip code(s): 31801

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Juniper

Ge*ne"va\, n. [F. geni[`e]vre juniper, juniper berry, gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree: cf. D. jenever, fr. F. geni[`e]vre. See Juniper, and cf. Gin a liquor.] A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

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