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Definition of Pinus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Pinaceae, Pinaceae, Pine Family
Member holonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine, Pinon, Pinyon, Mexican Nut Pine, Pinon Pine, Pinus Cembroides
Definition of Pinus
1. n. A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.
Medical Definition of Pinus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinus
Literary usage of Pinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"pinus halepensis. — DE BORDEAUX. pinus Pinaster. — DE BRIANÇON. pinus ...
pinus Pinea. —PLEUREUR. pinus excelsa, and P. Gerardiana. — ROUGE DE CANADA. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"After nearly two hours of searching and watching I flushed the female pinus from
the nest, which contained five young about two days old. ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"This Pine much resembles pinus ... 993, identifies this Pine with pinus ...
while those of pinus Cembra have eight, and those of pinus Cembroides six or ..."
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