Definition of Pinus pinea

1. Noun. Medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds.

Exact synonyms: European Nut Pine, Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine
Terms within: Pignolia, Pine Nut, Pinon Nut
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinus Pinea

Pinus contorta murrayana
Pinus densiflora
Pinus echinata
Pinus edulis
Pinus flexilis
Pinus glabra
Pinus jeffreyi
Pinus longaeva
Pinus monophylla
Pinus monticola
Pinus mugo
Pinus muricata
Pinus nigra
Pinus palustris
Pinus parryana
Pinus pinea (current term)
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus pungens
Pinus quadrifolia
Pinus radiata
Pinus resinosa
Pinus rigida
Pinus serotina
Pinus strobiformis
Pinus strobus
Pinus sylvestris
Pinus taeda
Pinus thunbergii
Pinus torreyana
Pinus virginiana

Literary usage of Pinus pinea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The seed kernels or " nuts " of several species of pine, notably the stone pine of Italy (Pinus pinea L. order ..."

2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"Pinus pinea. — CHETIF. Pinus, inope, _ COMESTIBLE DES INDES. Pi- nus Gerardiana. — COMMUN. ... Pinus pinea. —PLEUREUR. Pinus excelsa, and P. Gerardiana. ..."

3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"Sap, American, Hypopitys lanuginosa—p. Stone, Pinus pinea—p. Sugar, see Arrow Root. PINEA, Pinus pinea. ..."

4. The Indian Forester (1884)
"Probably the acre-increment of a close plantation of Pinus Pinaster is about five tons (dry wood), and of Pinus pinea not more than two or three tons. ..."

5. A Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the Years 1817,1818: Containing by William Archibald Cadell (1820)
"In the same direction also is seen the Pineta, a forest of pines, Pinus pinea, which occupies the sand hills on the coast between Ravenna and Rimini, ..."

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