juniper

UK/ˈd͡ʒuːnɪpə/US/ˈd͡ʒunɪpɚ/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,766 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: junipers

Juniper is a small evergreen whose berries flavour gin. Juniper berries, a juniper bush, the smell of juniper.

Gin is legally defined by it: a spirit cannot be called gin unless juniper is the predominant flavour, which is the one thing every gin has in common. The berries are not really berries but tiny cones, and they take two years to ripen.

Definitions of juniper

1nounjuniperA small evergreen whose berries flavour gin.B2+
“A juniper bush grew among the rocks, its blue berries bright against the dark needles.”

juniper is a plant.

Where it comes from

Latin iuniperus names the tree. Old French genevre gave the word gin by a long shortening.

Latin
iūniperus — juniper-tree
Middle English
junyper
English, today
juniper

From Late Middle English junyper, juniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper-tree”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Trees & Flowers

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juniper in the wild

Gin () is a distilled alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries and other botanical ingredients.
Gin
After juniper, gin tends to be flavoured with herbs, spices, floral or fruit flavours, or often a combination.
Gin
Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae.
Juniperus communis
Ashe juniper grows up to 10 metres tall, and over time can reach 15 m, and provides erosion control and year-round shade for wildlife and livestock.
Juniperus ashei
Juniperus chinensis, the Chinese juniper, is a species of plant in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to China, Myanmar, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Juniperus chinensis

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