common juniper

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsJuniperus communis

   Broaderjuniper

   Partsjuniper berries

Questions about common juniper

What does common juniper mean?

common juniper means "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".

What is another word for common juniper?

Close synonyms include Juniperus communis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common juniper a common word?

common juniper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.