Definition of "jenever" []

• A Dutch alcoholic spirit, flavoured with juniper, rather like gin. (noun)

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• "Yet gin has been produced since the 1600's, when the Dutch began distilling a juniper-derived medicinal spirit known as jenever (or genever)."
• "These drinks were alternately known as jenever (juniper in Dutch) or genivre (in French), and these names were eventually anglicized and abbreviated to gin."
• "In the Netherlands gin is known as jenever with two distinct varieters, jonge and oude"