Junipers

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Any of various evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Juniperus, having needlelike or scalelike, often pointed leaves and aromatic, bluish-gray, berrylike, seed-bearing cones.

[Middle English, from Latin iniperus; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

juniper [ˈdʒuːnɪpə]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any coniferous shrub or small tree of the genus Juniperus, of the N hemisphere, having purple berry-like cones. The cones of J. communis (common or dwarf juniper) are used as a flavouring in making gin See also red cedar [1]

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar trees, grown mainly as ornamentals

3. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament one of the trees used in the building of Solomon's temple (I Kings 6:15, 34) and for shipbuilding (Ezekiel 27:5)

[from Latin jūniperus, of obscure origin]

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Noun	1.	juniper - desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista Genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem genus Retama, Retama - small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	juniper - coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus genus Juniperus, Juniperus - junipers juniper berry - berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree - any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils Juniperus silicicola, southern red cedar - juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar Juniperus sabina, savin, dwarf juniper - procumbent or spreading juniper common juniper, Juniperus communis - densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland dwarf juniper, Juniperus communis depressa, ground cedar - a procumbent variety of the common juniper creeping juniper, Juniperus horizontalis - low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter drooping juniper, Juniperus flaccida, Mexican juniper - small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets

Translations

juniper [ˈdʒuːnɪpəʳ]

A. N → enebro m

B. CPD juniper berries NPL → bayas fpl de enebro

juniper [ˈdʒuːnɪpə^r] n (= bush) → genévrier m
juniper berry → baie f de genièvre

juniper

n → Wacholder m; juniper berry → Wacholderbeere f

juniper [ˈdʒuːnɪpəʳ] n → ginepro
juniper berry → bacca di ginepro

juniper

n juniper [ˈdzuːnipə]

a type of evergreen shrub with berries and prickly leaves. jenewerstruik ثَمَرَة العَرْعَر хвойна jalovec enebærbusk der Wachholder θαμνόκεδρο (είδος αειθαλούς θάμνου με μούρα και αγκαθωτά φύλλα) enebro kadakas ارس؛ پیرو kataja genévrier עַרעַר धूपचन्दन borovica boróka pohon juniper einir ginepro びゃくしん (서양) 향나무 kadagys kadiķis nama pokok yang berdaun tirus dan menghijau sepanjang tahun jeneverbesstruik einer jałowiec zimbro ienupăr можжевельник borievka brinje borovnica en ไม้จำพวกสน ardıç 杜松刺柏屬叢木 ялівець اروج، دفران cây bách xù 刺柏属丛木或树木

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