Juniper berry
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A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales called a galbulus, which gives it a berry
Juniper berries are actually modified conifer cones.
Young green and mature purple berries can be seen growing on the same plant.
Dried juniper berries at a market in Syracuse, Sicily
Gin
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Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries and other botanical ingredients. It originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists in the 12th Century in Salerno, Ital
Juniper berry
…appearance. The cones from a handful of species, especially Juniperus communis, are used as a spice, particularly in European cuisine, and also give gin its distinctive flavour. Juniper berries are among the few spices derived from conifers, along with spruce buds. Unlike the separated and woody scales…
A selection of bottled gins for sale in Georgia, United States, 2010
Hogarth's Gin Lane (created 1750–1751)
George Cruikshank's engraving of The Gin Shop (1829)
A Bee's Knees cocktail made with gin, honey, and lemon juice