MEANING
Smelling or tasting of juniper, or otherwise resembling the plant.
Use it for
describing air scented by juniper shrubs; identifying a juniper-like note in a drink; describing the fresh evergreen character of a scent; distinguishing a specific juniper aroma from a general woody smellNames a specifically juniper-like scent or flavor instead of the broader ideas of being woody, herbal, or pine-like. Writing functions: Juniper scent / Flavor / Plant resemblance.
Words that belong together
- a junipery scent
- a junipery aroma
- a junipery flavor
- junipery gin
On the page
Crushed sprigs released a junipery scent into the cold room.
The gin tasted distinctly junipery, with a little citrus beneath it.
A faint, junipery aroma clung to her coat after the walk.
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Word forms
- Base
- junipery
Usage notes
Adjective: junipery. Comparative more junipery; superlative most junipery when comparing the strength of the quality. No plural, conjugation, or invented juniperier form. Derived from juniper + -y; a descriptive adjective, not an inflection of the plant noun. Register: neutral. Commonness: uncommon; especially useful in sensory description and tasting notes (dictionary-informed qualitative editorial estimate; not a measured frequency).
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