Definition of Pinus edulis

1. Noun. Small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States; important as a nut pine.

Exact synonyms: Rocky Mountain Pinon
Generic synonyms: Nut Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinus Edulis

Pintoes
Pintos
Pintupi
Pintupis
Pinus albicaulis
Pinus aristata
Pinus attenuata
Pinus banksiana
Pinus californiarum
Pinus cembra
Pinus cembroides
Pinus contorta
Pinus contorta murrayana
Pinus densiflora
Pinus echinata
Pinus edulis
Pinus flexilis
Pinus glabra
Pinus jeffreyi
Pinus longaeva
Pinus monophylla
Pinus monticola
Pinus mugo
Pinus muricata
Pinus nigra
Pinus palustris
Pinus parryana
Pinus pinea
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus pungens

Literary usage of Pinus edulis

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1885)
"pinus edulis assumed stout vigorous branches the second year; then the true leaves were suppressed, a portion only being adnate with the stem forming a sort ..."

2. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"The most important of the dominants are pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma. ... The general rule is that pinus edulis and J. monosperma, or P. monophylla ..."

3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... Live Oak Campground, on pinus edulis, Bailey & Rockwell in 1978 (FPF); near head of Keystone Cyn., on pinus edulis, Johnston & others in 1977 (FPF). ..."

4. Science Series by Colorado College (1907)
"fellows, is a very large and apparently very old pinus edulis. Erosion has removed the soil from the base of the tree, exposing the roots, ..."

5. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"Trinidad, Fort Garland, and Buena Vista, Colorado and Las Vegas, New Mexico, in cones of pinus edulis. Length, 1.25- 2.75 mm. Length, female type, 2.65 mm.; ..."

6. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker (1898)
"19 Compare with these descriptions the botanical description of the pinus edulis: "A low, round-topped tree, six to nine metres high; cones subglobose, ..."

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