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Definition of Pinus strobus
1. Noun. Tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinus Strobus
Literary usage of Pinus strobus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"pinus strobus, rigida, etc. AFFECTING THE ROOT. The AMERICAN WHITE AST, Termes
frontalis of Haldeman, already described (No. 196) as being often destructive ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... THE WHITE PINE (pinus strobus) This tree has plume-like tufts of blue-green
leaves in bundles of fives. The twigs have five buds around the central one, ..."
3. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Forest of the Sierra Nevada. Sequoia gigantea. The Pacific Interior forest.
Stunted character. Atlantic forests. Province of pinus strobus. ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1889)
"The density of the dry wood ranged as follows : pinus strobus 41-32 Pinus ...
pinus strobus 9-6 Pinus resinosa 27-16 Pinus mitis 20-13 Finns Tii-da 10-6 ..."
5. A Manual of Dangerous Insects Likely to be Introduced in the United States by United States Bureau of Entomology (1918)
"... Germany; attacks spruce, fir, pine (pinus strobus and P. pinaster), and larch.
In the Himalayas this species attacks Pinus excelsa and Picea morinda. ..."
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