juniper

/ˈdʒunəpər/

/ˈdʒunɪpə/

Other forms: junipers

Definitions of juniper

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
   types:

   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