JUNIPER BERRIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does juniper berries mean? 

• JUNIPER BERRIES (noun)
  The noun JUNIPER BERRIES has 1 sense:

1. berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin

  Familiarity information: JUNIPER BERRIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUNIPER BERRIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("juniper berries" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("juniper berries" is a part of...):

common juniper; Juniperus communis (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)

Holonyms ("juniper berries" is a substance of...):

gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from juniper berries.

(Juniper Berry Oil, NCI Thesaurus)