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prickly juniper

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cade   (kād)   
adj.  Left by its mother and reared by hand: a cade calf.
n.  A bushy juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean region that is used in horticulture and whose wood yields juniper tar. Also called prickly juniper.

[Middle English, pet lamb.]
prickly juniper  
n.  See cade.
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Main Entry: prickly juniper
Function: noun
: a European juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) whose wood yields juniper tar by distillation called also cade
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