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juniper
UK /ˈd͡ʒunɪpə/ US /ˈd͡ʒunɪpɚ/
noun 3name 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
green, hooked, many, wild
VERB + JUNIPER
bark, burning, smell, spruce
JUNIPER + NOUN
bay, bayberries, berries, bushes, camellia, lily, pinon, temple
PREP.
around, with, with
ADV.
often, only
Definitions
noun
1
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
2
One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
3
Gin.
[…] I said you didn't like them ere strong liquors, but if he warn't particular, I was sure you would pledge him in a glass of juniper, for I had always made you, since we had been man and vife^([sic]), take a drop afore you went to market, to keep cold out.
name
1
A surname from English.
2
A unisex given name from English.
3
A unisex given name from English.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers
- retem
- raetam
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
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Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash o
Wiktionary03
Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses, junipe
Wiktionary04
Rose, Juniper, Lily, and Camellia were all named after plants, as was Giant Corpse Flower, whose high school experience was far worse than theirs.
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Her fingers hooked around a juniper trunk, and with her other hand she reached high and found purchase among the stone knobs at the top.
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Juniper berries are often used in folk medicine.
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