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JUNIPERUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Junipers

Synonyms:

genus Juniperus; Juniperus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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