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juniper

DEFINITIONS OF: juniper

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n desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

Synonyms:
Genista raetam, Retama raetam, juniper bush, raetam, retem
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

n coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

Types:
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pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree
any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
Juniperus silicicola, southern red cedar
juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar
Juniperus sabina, dwarf juniper, savin
procumbent or spreading juniper
Juniperus communis, common juniper
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
Juniperus communis depressa, dwarf juniper, ground cedar
a procumbent variety of the common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis, creeping juniper
low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter
Juniperus flaccida, Mexican juniper, drooping juniper
small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
Juniperus virginiana, eastern red cedar, red cedar, red juniper
small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
Bermuda cedar, Juniperus bermudiana
ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper
Juniperus procera, east African cedar
tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
Type of:
cypress
wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
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