JUNIPERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Juniperus mean? 

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

1. junipers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUNIPERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Junipers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Juniperus; Juniperus

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Juniperus" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the wood of Juniperus virginiana.

(Juniperus Virginiana Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The tarry liquid obtained by distallation of the wood of Juniperus oxycedrus.

(Juniper Tar, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientific name is Juniperus virginiana.

(Cedarwood, NCI Dictionary)

The essential oil extracted from the foliage of Juniperus oxycedrus.

(Juniperus oxycedrus Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)