different between juniper vs retem

English

Etymology

Late Middle English junyper, juniperus, from Latin i?niperus (“juniper-tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?un?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?un?p?/, [?d??un??p?]
• Hyphenation: ju?ni?per

Noun

juniper (countable and uncountable, plural junipers)

1. Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
2. One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.
3. (Britain, slang, archaic) Gin.
   • 1834, Young Hearts: A Novel by a Recluse. With a Preface by Miss Jane Porter (page 106)

     […] I said you didn't like them ere strong liquors, but if he warn't particular, I was sure you would pledge him in a glass of juniper, for I had always made you, since we had been man and vife^[sic], take a drop afore you went to market, to keep cold out.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Juniperites

Translations

Further reading

• juniper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

juniper

1. Alternative form of junyper

English

Noun

retem (uncountable)

1. A shrub with white flowers; the juniper of the Old Testament.

Anagrams

• -meter, -metre, -treme, Emert, meter, metre, remet

Catalan

Verb

retem

1. first-person plural present indicative form of retre
2. first-person plural present subjunctive form of retre
3. first-person plural imperative form of retre

Portuguese

Verb

retem

1. third-person singular present indicative of reter
2. second-person singular imperative of reter