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JUNIPER BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does juniper bush mean? 

JUNIPER BUSH (noun)
  The noun JUNIPER BUSH has 1 sense:

1. desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genistaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


JUNIPER BUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Genista raetam; juniper; juniper bush; raetam; Retama raetam; retem

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("juniper bush" is a member of...):

genus Retama; Retama (small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista)


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