(n) densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland, Syn. Juniperus communis

creeping juniper

(n) low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter, Syn. Juniperus horizontalis

dwarf juniper

(n) procumbent or spreading juniper, Syn. savin, Juniperus sabina

juniper

(n) coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

juniper berries

(n) berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin

juniper berry

(n) berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper

juniperic acid

(n) a crystalline acid found in the exudations of some conifers

juniperus

(n) junipers, Syn. genus Juniperus

mexican juniper

(n) small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets, Syn. drooping juniper, Juniperus flaccida

uniparous

(adj) producing only one offspring at a time, Ant. multiparous

unipolar

(adj) having a single pole, Ant. bipolar

unipolar depression

(n) a major depressive episode that occurs without the manic phase that occurs in the classic form of bipolar disorder

apple rust

(n) rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc, Syn. cedar-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae

armyworm

(n) noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain, Syn. army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta

armyworm

(n) moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes, Syn. Pseudaletia unipuncta

bermuda cedar

(n) ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper, Syn. Juniperus bermudiana

east african cedar

(n) tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood, Syn. Juniperus procera

eastern red cedar

(n) small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles, Syn. red juniper, Juniperus virginiana, red cedar

ground cedar

(n) a procumbent variety of the common juniper, Syn. Juniperus communis depressa, dwarf juniper

retem

(n) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista, Syn. juniper, Retama raetam, juniper bush, Genista raetam, raetam

serra

(n) Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784), Syn. Miguel Jose Serra, Junipero Serra

southern red cedar

(n) juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar, Syn. Juniperus silicicola

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Juniper

n. [ L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor. ] (Bot.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common juniper (Juniperus communis) is a shrub of a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Juniper worm (Zool.), the larva of a geometrid moth (Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and color, in a remarkable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Juniperin

n. (Chem.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Juniperite

n. (Paleon.) One of the fossil Coniferæ, evidently allied to the juniper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Juniperus

n. The genus of trees comprising the junipers.
Syn. -- genus Juniperus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Unipara

‖n. [ NL. See Uniparous. ] A woman who has borne one child. [ 1913 Webster ]

Uniparous

a. [ Uni- + L. parere to bring forth. ] 1. (Zool.) Producing but one egg or young at a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

Uniped

a. [ Uni- + L. pes, pedis, foot. ] Having only one foot. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unipersonal

a. [ Uni- + personal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unipersonalist

n. (Theol.) One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Uniphonous

a. [ Uni- + Gr. &unr_; sound. ] Having but one sound, as the drum. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Uniplicate

a. [ Uni- + plicate. ] Having, or consisting of, but one fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unipolar

a. [ Uni- + polar. ] 1. (Physics) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unipolar induction (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet. --
Unipolar stimulation (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action. Du Bois-Reymond. [ 1913 Webster ]