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Definition of Pinicola
1. Noun. A genus of Fringillidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola Enucleator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinicola
Literary usage of Pinicola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"POLYPORUS Pinicola. Polyporus pinicola, Fries. Natural order, Fungi. Common name.
Pine agaric. Preparation, Tincture of the fresh plant. Authorities. ..."
2. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1875)
"POLYPORUS Pinicola. This species of fungus grows upon the trunk of the White Pine.
Its general properties are similar to the larch-agaric. ..."
3. Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Melford Eugene Douglass (1900)
"POLYPORUS Pinicola. Proven by Dr. WH Burt. Pine Agaric. Tincture of the fresh
fungus. Mind.—Spells of great depression of spirits. Head.—Headache. ..."
4. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Only one species of the genus Pinicola is known, which occurs in the northern
parts of the Old and New Worlds. It is generally called the Pine " Grosbeak," ..."