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Definition of Bishop pine
1. Noun. Two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bishop Pine
Literary usage of Bishop pine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"The bishop pine again is the dominant tree in the beautifully wooded ... From an
economic standpoint the bishop pine is thus far judged to be of slight ..."
2. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"The bishop pine is an excellent example of a fire-type pine. ... Under this heat
the cones gradually open and the area of the bishop pine is thus promptly ..."
3. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"bishop pine is likewise a fire-type pine' (Fig. 11). ... bishop pine produces 1
to 5 distinct whorls of cones on the season's shoot ; Knob-cone Pine ..."
4. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"The bishop pine is considered another coastal species. The Santa Lucia Range
harbors the only Santa Lucia firs to be found anywhere. ..."
5. Report by California Division of Forestry (1919)
"bishop pine (Pinus muricata). bishop pine ranges along the coast from central
... Other coast species like bishop pine, Monterey cypress and Torrey pine owe ..."
6. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of by Joe Cain (2004)
"Pleistocene cones of the bishop pine have more elongate processes on the cone
scales than is typical for cones of living trees; these fossil cones resemble ..."
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