pinus : Idioms & Phrases

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genus pinus

  • noun type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines
    Pinus.
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pinus albicaulis

  • noun small pine of western North America; having smooth grey-white bark and soft brittle wood; similar to limber pine
    whitebark pine; whitebarked pine.
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pinus aristata

  • noun small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
    Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine; bristlecone pine.
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pinus attenuata

  • noun medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone
    knobcone pine.
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pinus banksiana

  • noun slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark
    jack pine.
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pinus californiarum

  • noun very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle; similar to Parry's pinyon in range
    California single-leaf pinyon.
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pinus cembra

  • noun large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
    Swiss pine; Swiss stone pine; cembra nut tree; arolla pine.
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pinus cembroides

  • noun a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas
    Mexican nut pine; pinon pine.
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pinus contorta

  • noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
    spruce pine; shore pine; lodgepole; lodgepole pine.
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pinus contorta murrayana

  • noun tall subspecies of lodgepole pine
    Sierra lodgepole pine.
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pinus densiflora

  • noun pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
    Japanese red pine; Japanese table pine.
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pinus echinata

  • noun large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
    shortleaf pine; shortleaf yellow pine; short-leaf pine.
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pinus edulis

  • noun small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States; important as a nut pine
    Rocky mountain pinon.
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pinus flexilis

  • noun western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark
    limber pine.
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pinus glabra

  • noun large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
    spruce pine.
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pinus jeffreyi

  • noun tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine
    Jeffrey's pine; black pine; Jeffrey pine.
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pinus longaeva

  • noun small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops
    ancient pine.
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pinus monophylla

  • noun pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine
    single-leaf pine; single-leaf pinyon; single-leaf.
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pinus monticola

  • noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
    silver pine; mountain pine; western white pine.
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pinus mugo

  • noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
    mountain pine; mugo pine; dwarf mountain pine; Swiss mountain pine; mugho pine.
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pinus muricata

  • noun two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast
    bishop's pine; bishop pine.
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pinus nigra

  • noun large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe
    black pine.
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pinus palustris

  • noun large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
    Georgia pine; southern yellow pine; pitch pine; longleaf pine.
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pinus parryana

  • noun five-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum)
    Parry's pinyon; Pinus parryana.
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pinus pinea

  • noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
    umbrella pine; stone pine; European nut pine.
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pinus ponderosa

  • noun common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature
    western yellow pine; ponderosa pine; ponderosa; bull pine.
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pinus pungens

  • noun a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
    prickly pine; hickory pine; table-mountain pine.
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pinus quadrifolia

  • noun five-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum)
    Parry's pinyon; Pinus parryana.
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pinus radiata

  • noun tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark
    Monterey pine.
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pinus resinosa

  • noun pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
    Canadian red pine; red pine.
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pinus rigida

  • noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
    pitch pine; northern pitch pine.
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pinus serotina

  • noun large three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine
    pond pine.
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pinus strobiformis

  • noun medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature
    southwestern white pine.
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pinus strobus

  • noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
    weymouth pine; eastern white pine; American white pine.
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pinus sylvestris

  • noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
    Scots pine; Scotch fir; Scotch pine.
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pinus taeda

  • noun tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head
    loblolly pine; frankincense pine.
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pinus thunbergii

  • noun large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
    black pine; Japanese black pine.
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pinus torreyana

  • noun medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
    Torrey's pine; sabine pine; Torrey pine; soledad pine; grey-leaf pine.
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pinus virginiana

  • noun common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2
    Jersey pine; scrub pine; Virginia pine.
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spinus pinus

  • noun small finch of North American coniferous forests
    pine siskin; pine finch.
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