<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Any evergreen, coniferous shrub or tree of the genus <em>Juniperus</em>, especially <em>J. communis</em>, having cones that resemble dark-blue or blackish berries used in flavoring gin and in medicine as a diuretic.</li><li>A tree mentioned in the Old Testament, said to be the retem.</li></ul>