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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.
Terms within: Pignolia, Pine Nut, Pinon Nut
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine
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, ..."