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juniper berry

noun

  1. the berrylike cone of a juniper.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of juniper berry1

First recorded in 1715–25

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Example Sentences

She’s currently playing around with peach wine from Brooklyn distillery Forthave Spirits and wild juniper berries foraged by Masha Tea founder Maria Geyman in Wyoming.

From Eater

Sometimes while birding, he spies Townsend’s solitaire — a bird that favors juniper berries.

Instead of starting with a granular base infused with wheat, rye and barley, these double-distillers skip the usual fermentation step by distilling the beer, before jumping right into the juniper berries and Vietnamese kumquats.

From Ozy

After that there came some skyr, a kind of curds and whey, served with biscuits and juniper-berry juice.

The authors appear to have all imbibed a juniper-berry mania—probably from the imbibition of their favourite beverage.

Uncle Sybrand ought to have seen her in the “Juniper Berry.”

GIN, an aromatized or compounded potable spirit, the characteristic flavour of which is derived from the juniper berry.

He had imparted certain secrets concerning the whereabouts of gulls nests and juniper-berry patches, for I had won his confidence.

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