Definition of Juniper berry

1. Noun. Berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper.

Group relationships: Juniper
Generic synonyms: Fruit

Definition of Juniper berry

1. Noun. the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Juniper Berry

junior status
junior synonym
junior synonyms
junior varsity
junior welterweight
juniorate
juniorates
juniorest
juniorities
juniority
juniors
juniour
juniours
juniper
juniper berries
juniper berry
juniper berry oil
juniper bush
juniper tar
juniperic acid
juniperin
juniperite
juniperites
juniperlike
junipers
junitoite
junjo
junk-sick
junk DNA

Literary usage of Juniper berry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"juniper berry. The juniper (Juniperus communis L.) is a well-known forest tree growing in Europe, ... It does not, like most gymno- FIG. 500. juniper berry ..."

2. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"ADULTERATIONS of juniper berry oil have seldom been definitely proven, because a moderate addition of turpentine oil cannot l>e readily established, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"GIN, an aromatized or compounded potable spirit, the characteristic flavour of which is derived from the juniper berry. The word " gin " is an abbreviation ..."

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