GENUS JUNIPERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Juniperus mean? 

• GENUS JUNIPERUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS JUNIPERUS has 1 sense:

1. junipers

  Familiarity information: GENUS JUNIPERUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS JUNIPERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Junipers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Juniperus; Juniperus

Hypernyms ("genus Juniperus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Juniperus"):

juniper (coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones)

pencil cedar; pencil cedar tree (any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils)

Bermuda cedar; Juniperus bermudiana (ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper)

east African cedar; Juniperus procera (tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood)

Holonyms ("genus Juniperus" is a member of...):

Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)