Definition of Pinaster

1. n. A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.

Definition of Pinaster

1. Noun. A species of pine (''Pinus pinaster'') growing in southern Europe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pinaster

1. a pine tree [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pinaster

1. A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe. Origin: L, fr. Pinus a pine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinaster

pinafores
pinakbet
pinakiolite
pinakoid
pinakoids
pinakone
pinakones
pinakothek
pinakotheks
pinalite
pinane
pinanediol
pinang
pinangs
pinas
pinaster (current term)
pinasters
pinata
pinatas
pinate
pinates
pinaverium
pinax
pinazepam
pinball
pinball game
pinball machine
pinballed
pinballer
pinballers

Literary usage of Pinaster

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

1. The Forest Trees of Britain by Charles Alexander Johns (1892)
"1 PINUS pinaster. THE CLUSTER PINE, OR pinaster. THE pinaster is one of the most extensively planted in this country of all the foreign Pines. ..."

2. On Landed Property, and the Economy of Estates: Comprehending the Relation by David Low (1844)
"The pinaster, or Cluster Pine, Pinus pinaster, has a vast geographical range ... The pinaster is an elegant tree, of medium height. distinguished from other ..."

3. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The pinaster is indigenous to the south of Europe and both shores of the ... The pinaster or Maritime Pine (also called the Cluster Pine from the star-like ..."

4. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"The pinaster is indigenous to the south of Europe, and to both shores of the ... The pinaster is a large and rather handsome tree, varying, in Britain, ..."

5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1855)
"The pinaster is nothing else but a wild pine : it rises to a surprising height, and throws out branches from the middle, just as the pine does from the top. ..."

6. Our Woodland Trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"Pinus pinaster. PLATE 6, FlS. 2. MONGST the Conifers in general we have seen that roots ... The pinaster is an exception to this general mode of growth, ..."

7. Our woodland trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"The pinaster is an exception to this general mode of growth, for it has a tap-root larger than that of any other European Conifer, and its mode of ..."

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