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common juniper - 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

Juniperus communis

juniper berries - berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin

juniper - coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

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Common juniper is an evergreen conifer with small needle-like leaves.

LET THE FUN BEGIN

This essay traces the collection, processing, distribution, and use of common juniper or Juniperus communis to illustrate the infrastructures that gave Muscovite officials and their Western doctors a steady supply of the important plant.

Juniper: From Medicine to Poison and Back Again in 17th-century Muscovy

J Common juniper, juniperus communis, is a slow-growing evergreen with aromatic pointed leaves in an array of beautiful grey-green colours and a range of shapes and sizes.

Junipers can cause division; Domoney's A toZ of plants; Gardening

I was really surprised none had been commercially brewed in the UK so we thought 'why not be the first?' Although juniper has been used in UK beers before, a true Sahti should be unhopped and the mash tun lined with common juniper branches during a much longer mash rest than usual.

Brewer goes bananas to capture traditional taste

Kowalska, "Chemical composition of common juniper (J.

A phytopharmacological review on a medicinal plant: Juniperus communis

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