juniper
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- noun
- /ˈdʒuːnɪpər/
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- Many landscapers prefer juniper for its fragrant leaves and low maintenance needs.
- juniper trees
- juniper woodland
- juniper branches
Oh, I'm going to have to go with juniper berries.
- Oh, I'm going to have to go with juniper berries.
- So this is the spice set and you've got so it's liquid lip collections, holly Berry, juniper, cinnamon, clove and goals.
- Ivory mint, you know, juniper, honey, cinnamon, all types of stuff that's supposed to get into your body and make you feel good and then cut out.
Examples
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The chef adds crushed juniper berries to the marinade for extra flavor.
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Christmas carolers right out next to our junipers.
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You told these people to eat my juniper berries.
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I say, those are my juniper bushes.
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What about the juniper bushes over there?
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I could hear a high wind in the junipers, but it was quiet in our camp.
Fiction book (1994) -
They brought forth juniper berries!
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Kadoh and Xucate sat under a twisted juniper tree and shared their food.
Fiction book (1995) -
The air grew cooler as they passed between fragrant junipers, pines, and shrubs.
Fiction book (1995) -
The sweet, acrid scent of junipers, tinged with the coolness of snow.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
An evergreen tree or shrub with small needle-like leaves and round, berry-like cones
A group of evergreen trees and shrubs called junipers that grow in northern parts of the world
Compounds
A small evergreen tree or shrub with needle leaves and blue, berry-like cones used to flavor gin
- Specialized
A low, spreading evergreen shrub used as ground cover that turns brownish purple in winter
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree with thin hanging branches that grows in western Texas and Mexican mountains
A small tree with spreading branches and drooping twigs that grows in western Texas and the mountains of Mexico
- Literature
An evergreen shrub that grows in dry places with small thin leaves and berries
- US
A small tree with sharp needles and peeling brown bark that grows in eastern North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Juniper comes from the old Latin name juniperus, which people used for the evergreen plant whose berries are famous for flavoring gin. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the plant as 'always young' because it stays green all year, and that image links the name to both the tree and its berries.