Ge-nē'vā, n.
n. [Fr. genèvre, genièvre, juniper, juniper-berry, gin, Pr. genibre, It. ginepre, ginepro, ginepra, Sp. enebro, enebrina, nebrina, Pg. zimbro, from Lat. juniperus, the juniper-tree.]
Sense 1. A strongly alcoholic, and powerfully stimulating, fermented liquor, obtained from the berries of juniper (Juniperus communis).
☞— This is often confounded with gin, to which it bears the same relation as wine does to any distilled spirit.
Sense 2. A spirit distilled from grain, and flavored with juniper-berries, originally manufactured in Holland, and hence called Hollands, or Holland gin.