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| 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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Juniper
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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.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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 | |
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| 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 |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
juniper [ˈdzuːnipə] noun
a type of evergreen shrub with berries and prickly leaves
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Juniper Hills, CA Zip code(s): 93543, 93553
Juniper, GA Zip code(s): 31801
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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