juniper berry

Conifer's aromatic cone

A juniper berry is the small, fleshy cone of the juniper shrub, resembling a berry though technically not one.

Juniper berries have a piney, slightly resinous flavor used to season game meats and, most notably, to give gin its distinctive taste: The recipe called for crushed juniper berries.

culinary

gin

Cotton-cleaning machine

game meat · sauerkraut · brine · pickling · choucroute · pâté · venison · wild boar · rub · curing

aromatic

scent

Airborne odor detected

herbal · earthy · spicy · cedar · aroma · pungent · piney · coniferous · evergreen · forest

botanical

shrub

Small woody plant

wildcrafting · foraging · harvest · blue · purple · ripening · native · drought-tolerant · landscape · cedar

gin

distillery

Alcohol manufacturing plant

cocktail · spirits · mixology · vermouth · aperitif · Tanqueray · Bombay · neat · bartender · aromatic

medicinal

diuretic

Urine-promoting substance

herbal · tincture · naturopathy · therapeutic · detoxification · digestive · urinary tract · folk medicine · traditional · decoction

Categories
Opposites
botanical classification

juniper berrygrape

Vine-grown berry cluster

blueberry · tomato · drupe · pome

flavor profile

juniper berrysugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

honey · vanilla · maple syrup

Family

berry, berries, juniper, junipers, juniper berries

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G