JUNIPER BERRIES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("juniper berries" is a part of...):

common juniper; Juniperus communis (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)

Holonyms ("juniper berries" is a substance of...):

gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)

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