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the conifer that flavors gin and refuses to stay a tree
means An evergreen conifer of the cypress family, prized for its small berry-like cones that flavor gin and certain cuisines, ranging from towering trees to low ground-hugging shrubs.
from From Latin 'juniperus,' the plant's classical name, which traveled through Old French 'genevre' into English. That same French branch is why the spirit became 'genever' in Dutch and eventually 'gin' — so gin's very name is a faded echo of the berry that flavors it. The deeper roots of 'juniperus' are murky; one suggestion ties it to Latin 'juncus' (a rush or reed), perhaps for the plant's needle-like foliage, but this is uncertain.
- gin's soul
- By law, gin must taste of juniper berries
- not berries
- Those blue berries are actually fleshy seed cones
- ancient survivor
- Some junipers live over 1,000 years
- global range
- Widest of any woody plant on Earth
- slow ripening
- Cones take up to three years to mature
juniper berry — flavoring in gin production, primary botanical in most gins worldwide
rocky mountain juniper — tree species native to southwestern united states, colorado plateau region
juniper networks — networking equipment company founded 1996, $40 billion market cap