junyper

Middle English

Alternative forms

• juniper, junipre, junypre, juniperus, junypere, jennypere, junypyr, geneper, jenepere, jenyper, gynypre

Etymology

From Latin iūniperus; some forms are influenced by Old French geneivre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiu̯nipər/, /ˈdʒɛnipir/, /ˈdʒiu̯nipərus/

Noun

junyper

1. Juniper (tree of the genus Juniperus) or a similar plant.
2. (rare) The wood of the juniper tree.

Descendants

• English: juniper
• Scots: jenepere

References

• “jūniper (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.