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Noun: juniper  joo-ni-pu(r)
  1. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
    - retem, raetam, juniper bush, Retama raetam, Genista raetam
     
  2. Wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
     
  3. Coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

Derived forms: junipers

Type of: bush, cypress, cypress tree, shrub

Part of: genus Juniperus, genus Retama, Juniperus, Retama

Encyclopedia: Juniper, New Brunswick

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