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Juniper

//ˈd͡ʒunɪpə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from English.
  2. 2
    A unisex given name from English.; A female given name from English.
  3. 3
    A unisex given name from English.; A male given name from English.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones. countable, uncountable

    "On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns."

  2. 2
    desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista wordnet
  3. 3
    One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones wordnet
  5. 5
    Gin. UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable

    "[…] I said you didn't like them ere strong liquors, but if he warn't particular, I was sure you would pledge him in a glass of juniper, for I had always made you, since we had been man and vife^([sic]), take a drop afore you went to market, to keep cold out."

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  1. 6
    coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English junyper, juniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper-tree”).

Etymology 2

A topographic surname from juniper. In some cases matronymic from an equivalent of Jennifer influenced by folk etymology.

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