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Definition of Sabine pine

1. Noun. Medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabine Pine

Literary usage of Sabine pine

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

1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"The sabine pine (Pinus Sab'niana). Trunk straight, erect; Ihn young shoots ... A fine tree, from California, very like tlio sabine pine, and the two are ..."

2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on Planting and Tending of Forest Trees by James Brown (1894)
"In most of the extensive arboreta in this country specimens of the sabine pine are to be found, of heights ranging from 20 to 25 ft. and more. ..."

3. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"sabine pine as a common name is frequent in the literature. Pinus Sabin- iana was dedicated to Joseph Sabine, Secretary of the London Horticultural Society ..."

4. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"... Gray or sabine pine (Pinus sabiniana) of western California affords a poor and seldom-used wood. The nuts were prized by Digger Indians, whence the name ..."

5. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"... Gray or sabine pine (Pinus sabiniana) of western California affords a poor and seldom-used wood. The nuts were prized by Digger Indians, whence the name ..."

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