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Juniperus sabina, the savin juniper or savin, is a species of juniper native to the mountains of central and southern Europe and western and central Asia, from Spain to eastern Siberia, typically growing at altitudes of 1,000–3,300 metres (3,300–10,800 feet).
Gymnosporangium sabinae is a species of rust fungus in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina.Known as pear rust, European pear rust, or pear trellis rust, it is a heteroecious plant pathogen with Juniperus sabina (savin juniper) as the main primary host and Pyrus communis (common pear) as the main secondary host.
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and are best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, jenever). A juniper-based spirit is made by fermenting juniper berries and water to create a "wine" that is then distilled.
Savin may refer to: Savin (name) Juniperus sabina, or savin, a shrubby juniper plant; Savin (photocopiers), a photocopier company acquired by Ricoh; Savin, Bulgaria, a village in Kubrat Municipality, Razgrad Province; SAVIN, Statewide Automated Victim Information & Notification
Juniperus thurifera (Spanish juniper) is a species of juniper native to the mountains of the western Mediterranean region, from southern France (including Corsica) across eastern and central Spain to Morocco and locally in northern Algeria. [3] [4] The name thurifera comes from the Latin turifer, "producer/bearer of incense". [5]
Juniperus horizontalis, the creeping juniper or creeping cedar, [4] is a low-growing shrubby juniper native to northern North America, throughout most of Canada from Yukon east to Newfoundland, and in some of the northern United States.
The status of Juniperus procumbens as a wild plant is disputed. Some authorities treat it as endemic to high mountains on Kyūshū and a few other islands off southern Japan, [2] while others consider it native to the coasts of southern Japan (north to Chiba Prefecture) and also the southern and western coasts of Korea.
In the north, there was the nation of the Adogit (perhaps referring to the inhabitants of Hålogaland in Norway or the people of Andøya [10]) who lived in continual light during the midsummer (for forty days and nights) and in continual darkness (for as long) during the midwinter.