JUNIPER BERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does juniper berry mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUNIPER BERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

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

juniper (coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones)

 Context examples 

Juniper berry oil is used in aromatherapy and perfumery.

(Juniper Berry Oil, NCI Thesaurus)