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/ˈsævɪn/
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The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.
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The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug.
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th'aged Nurse her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew, and Sauine, and the flowre / Of Camphara, and Calamint, and Dill, / All which she in a earthen Pot did poure [...].
The eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America.
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procumbent or spreading juniper
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