juniper
any evergreen, coniferous shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus, especially J. communis, having cones that resemble dark-blue or blackish berries used in flavoring gin and in medicine as a diuretic.
a tree mentioned in the Old Testament, said to be the retem.
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London dry gins can actually be made anywhere following specific production rules that, beyond stipulating the primacy of juniper and tightly restricting sugar content, do not really govern how the gin must taste.
Gin has gone global, with appealing new styles and flavors that stretch its very definition | M. Carrie Allan | September 27, 2021 | Washington PostFor ten consecutive nights, I could barely breathe from all the juniper pollen, which was visibly caked on the branches outside my bedroom windows.
This Air Purifier Is the Only Thing That Gets Me Through Pollen Season | klindsey | September 14, 2021 | Outside OnlineIn particular, the young researchers found it strange that there were no stands of juniper trees at its summit, despite the fact that the hardy conifers thrived at similar elevations nearby.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets. | Rachel Feltman | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFueling their light sources were juniper branches, animal fat and other materials that Stone Age humans would have had at hand.
How torchlight, lamps and fire illuminated Stone Age cave art | Jaime Chambers | August 5, 2021 | Science News For StudentsHardy, drought-tolerant softwoods like junipers and pinyon pines dominate in the hot, dry landscape of central New Mexico, with smatterings of taller Douglas firs and spruces in the cooler, higher reaches of the mountains.
The climate solution actually adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere | James Temple, Lisa Song | April 29, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Hoffman at juniper has some advice on how to protect yourself.
The Virus in Your Pocket: a Boom in Android Malware | Dan Lyons | February 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMight this be the endgame of the series, to see the Henricksons restored as the rightful custodians of juniper Creek?
Flavors of red plums, juniper, and star anise make it the perfect holiday party red to go with cheeses or chocolate truffles.
juniper, which is the principal flavoring of gin, is very fragrant, with a pine scent.
The sun was printing over the floor the shadow skeleton of the juniper-tree by the westerly window.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydBurn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.
The Religion of Ancient Rome | Cyril BaileyIn spite of the snow that evening we had a cheery bonfire of juniper, willow and rhododendron.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryMince an onion; take about a dozen peppercorns, twenty juniper berries, three bayleaves, and put these into a gill of vinegar.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisIn front of the house there was a court, in which grew a juniper-tree.
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm
British Dictionary definitions for juniper
/ (ˈdʒuːnɪpə) /
any coniferous shrub or small tree of the genus Juniperus, of the N hemisphere, having purple berry-like cones. The cones of J. communis (common or dwarf juniper) are used as a flavouring in making gin: See also red cedar (def. 1)
any of various similar trees, grown mainly as ornamentals
Old Testament one of the trees used in the building of Solomon's temple (I Kings 6:15, 34) and for shipbuilding (Ezekiel 27:5)
Origin of juniper
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