1. Coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
   "The gin was flavoured with juniper berries from the local shrubs"
    
2. Wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
   "The aromatic juniper wood was used to line the closet"
    
3. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia with small white flowers; believed to be the juniper of the Old Testament
   "juniper bush is well-adapted to arid environments";
   - retem, raetam, juniper bush, Retama raetam, Genista raetam

Derived forms: junipers

Type of: bush, cypress, cypress tree, shrub

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

Encyclopedia: Juniper, New Brunswick