Juniper Definition

jo͝onə-pər
junipers
noun
junipers
Any of a genus (Juniperus) of evergreen shrubs or trees of the cypress family, with needlelike or scalelike foliage, aromatic wood, and berrylike cones that yield an oil used for flavoring gin and formerly in medicine.
Webster's New World
Any of several similar trees grown for ornament.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Juniper

Noun

Singular:
juniper
Plural:
junipers

Origin of Juniper

  • Middle English from Latin iūniperus perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin iūniperus (“juniper”).

    From Wiktionary

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