juniper berry

noun

First recorded in 1715–25

After that there came some skyr, a kind of curds and whey, served with biscuits and juniper-berry juice.

The authors appear to have all imbibed a juniper-berry mania—probably from the imbibition of their favourite beverage.

Uncle Sybrand ought to have seen her in the “Juniper Berry.”

GIN, an aromatized or compounded potable spirit, the characteristic flavour of which is derived from the juniper berry.

He had imparted certain secrets concerning the whereabouts of gulls nests and juniper-berry patches, for I had won his confidence.

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