common juniper

common juniper
noun
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
Syn: ↑Juniperus communis
Hypernyms: ↑juniper
Part Meronyms: ↑juniper berries

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noun
: a small tree or sometimes a shrub (Juniperus communis) widespread in northern Europe, Asia, and No. America and the source of many cultivated junipers — see irish juniper, swedish juniper

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