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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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinus Pinea

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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