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Chinese juniper

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noun

  1. a shrub or tree, Juniperus chinensis, of China, Mongolia, and Japan, having scalelike leaves and small, round, purplish-brown fruit.

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This happens frequently in the larch and constantly in the Chinese juniper when it has arrived at a considerable age.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

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