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juniper

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun juniper has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

junipern. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor.].
     Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferæ.  [1913 Webster]
    " The common juniper (Juniperus communis) is a shrub of a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc."  [1913 Webster]
Juniper worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a geometrid moth (Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and color, in a remarkable manner.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

juniper, n. any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus, esp. J. communis with prickly leaves and dark purple berry-like cones.

Idiom
oil of juniper oil from juniper cones used in medicine and in flavouring gin etc.
Etymology
ME f. L juniperus
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