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Definition of Knobcone pine
1. Noun. Medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knobcone Pine
Literary usage of Knobcone pine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by California Division of Forestry (1919)
"knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata). knobcone pine is a very scrubby tree rarely ...
knobcone pine has no value for lumber, but is an important species since it ..."
2. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"The form and size of knobcone pine varies considerably, according as it grows in
exposed or in sheltered situations. It is commonly from 15 to 30 feet high ..."
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