juniper 音标拼音: [dʒ'unəpɚ]
n . 杜松属
杜松属
juniper n 1 :
desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers ;
constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament ;
sometimes placed in genus Genista [
synonym : {
retem }, {
raetam },
{
juniper bush }, {
juniper }, {
Retama raetam }, {
Genista raetam }]
2 :
coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones Juniper \
Ju "
ni *
per \,
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 {
Conifer [
ae ]}.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
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 ]
Juniper (
Heb .
rothem ),
called by the Arabs retem ,
and known as Spanish broom ;
ranked under the genus genista .
It is a desert shrub ,
and abounds in many parts of Palestine .
In the account of his journey from Akabah to Jerusalem ,
Dr .
Robinson says : "
This is the largest and most conspicuous shrub of these deserts ,
growing thickly in the water -
courses and valleys .
Our Arabs always selected the place of encampment ,
if possible ,
in a spot where it grew ,
in order to be sheltered by it at night from the wind ;
and during the day ,
when they often went on in advance of the camels ,
we found them not unfrequently sitting or sleeping under a bush of retem to shelter them from the sun .
It was in this very desert ,
a day '
s journey from Beersheba ,
that the prophet Elijah lay down and slept beneath the same shrub " (
1 Kings 19 :
4 ,
5 ).
It afforded material for fuel ,
and also in cases of extremity for human food (
Ps .
120 :
4 ;
Job 30 :
4 ).
One of the encampments in the wilderness of Paran is called Rithmah ,
i .
e .,
"
place of broom " (
Num .
33 :
18 ).
"
The Bedawin of Sinai still burn this very plant into a charcoal which throws out the most intense heat ."
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