English noun: juniper |
1. | juniper (plant) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista |
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| Synonyms | Genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub |
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| Member meronym | genus Retama, Retama |
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2. | juniper (plant) coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cypress |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | common juniper, creeping juniper, drooping juniper, dwarf juniper, dwarf juniper, ground cedar, Juniperus communis, Juniperus communis depressa, Juniperus flaccida, Juniperus horizontalis, Juniperus sabina, Juniperus silicicola, Mexican juniper, pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree, savin, southern red cedar |
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| Part holonym | juniper berry |
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| Member meronym | genus Juniperus, Juniperus |
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