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Webster 1913 Edition
Juniper
Ju′ni-per
,Noun.
[L.
juniperus
, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile
, and parent
. Cf
. Gin
the liquor.] (Bot.)
Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus
Juniperus
and order Coniferæ
. ☞ 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. Juniper worm
(Zool.)
, 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Juniper
JU'NIPER
,Noun.
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English
Noun
juniper (plural junipers)
- 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.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion, OL 4103950W:
- One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.
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- One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
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shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus
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