HyperDic: juniper

English > 2 senses of the word *juniper*:
NOUN	plant	juniper, retem, raetam, juniper bush, Retama raetam, Genista raetam	desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers
NOUN	plant	juniper	coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

juniper > pronunciation
Sounds	jhuw'nahper
Rhymes	asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per...

English > *juniper*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista.
Synonyms	retem, raetam, juniper bush, Retama raetam, Genista raetam
Member of	Retama, genus Retama	small genus of Mediterranean shrubs
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanish	enebro
Catalan	ginebre

English > *juniper*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones.
Member of	Juniperus, genus Juniperus	junipers
Parts	juniper berry	berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper
Narrower	Mexican juniper, drooping juniper, Juniperus flaccida	small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
	common juniper, Juniperus communis	densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin
	creeping juniper, Juniperus horizontalis	Low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States
	dwarf juniper, savin, Juniperus sabina	procumbent or spreading juniper
	ground cedar, dwarf juniper, Juniperus communis depressa	A procumbent variety of the common juniper
	pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree	Any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
	southern red cedar, Juniperus silicicola	juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States
Broader	cypress	wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
Spanish	enebro, ginebro, junipero, junípero, juniperus
Catalan	ginebre

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