Iris Cohen schreef
Actually, unless it is irregular, Juniperus has a masculine ending.
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You can tell Juniperus is feminine (grammatically) by such epithets as
"sabina" and "virginiana". Similarly Cedrus, Fagus, Quercus, Rhamnus, etc
are feminine also. This is quite regular since they are all trees. In the
classical languages trees are feminine by default, as are islands.
PvR
PS. Dirr claims Broadmoor is staminate
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