savin

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An evergreen Eurasian shrub (Juniperus sabina) having brownish-blue seed-bearing cones and young shoots that yield an oil formerly used medicinally.

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Any of several related plants, especially the eastern red cedar.

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A European tree or shrub, Juniperus Sabina.

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A drug consisting of savin-tops. See def. 1.

noun

A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhœa, etc.

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The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)

noun

An evergreen European shrub that yields a medicinal oil.

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The dried tips of this plant, with poisonous and anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.

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procumbent or spreading juniper