juniper tar

noun

: a tarry liquid used topically in treating skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of a Eurasian juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus)

called also cade oil, juniper tar oil

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As the temperature surged to two hundred degrees, Solórzano slammed a snowball scented with black pepper and juniper tar onto the rocks, filling the room with a gunpowdery musk, and waved furiously, darting up and down the sauna stairs, tossing his towel in an elegant plume of white. Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of juniper tar was circa 1930

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“Juniper tar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juniper%20tar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

juniper tar

noun
: a dark tarry liquid used topically in treating skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of a Eurasian juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus)

called also cade oil, juniper tar oil

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