A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Juniper: juniperus,-i (s.f.I), abl. sg. junipero, the juniper-tree; Juniperus L., a genus of trees, the gender is feminine: J. virginiana; = Greek arkeuthos (s.f.II), juniper, Juniperus macrocarpa; also Phoenician cedar, Juniperus phoenicea; also prickly cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus; dwarf juniper, Juniperus communis (Liddell & Scott);

= Gk. arkeuthis,-idos, a juniper berry > arkeuthos (s.f.II), juniper, Juniperus macrocarpa’ also Phoenician cedar, Juniperus phoenicea; prickly sedar, Juniperus oxycedrus; also the dwarf (micra) juniper, Juniperus communis (Liddell & Scott); see arcesthida,-ae (s.f.I).

- ARCYTHOPHYTUM, a vocibus Arkeuthos, ‘juniperus’ & phyton, ‘planta’ derivatur. Plantae staminibus paucis fructu epimeno, cujus natura , pulposa, uti baccae juniperi (Necker), Arcythophytum, derived from the words Arkeuthos, ‘juniper’ and phyton, plant. Plants with few stamens, the fruit epimenous, the nature of this pulpy, as the berries of the juniper.

Arceuthobium, Mistletoe, > Gk. arceuthos, the juniper + bios, life, “the plants being parasites on Juniperus and related trees” (Fernald 1950).

Galbulus, q.v., Galbule, a cone of cypress; “a strobilus, whose scales are fleshy, and combined into a uniform mass” (Lindley); a fruit formed by the Combination of several flowers: L. galbulus,-i (s.m.II), the nut of the cypress-tree (Lewis & Short): galbulus,-i (s.m.II).

juniper, pertaining to or resembling, juniperous: junipereus,-a,-um (adj.A), juniperinus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- in ligno junipereo, on juniperous wood.

Polytrichum juniperinum, a moss; Tremella juniperina, a fungus; Dianthus juniperinus; Dianthus juniperinus: foliis subulatis pungentibus (DeCandolle), Dianthus juniperinus, with leaves subulate, piercing.