big-cone pine

[big-kohn]

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noun

Coulter pine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of big-cone pine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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Example Sentences

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The leaves of this "big-cone" pine match the cones.

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The fruit is described in big-cone pine, butternut, mossy-cup oak, and mock orange.

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Two very handsome pine nuts are those of the Digger pine, Pinus Sabiniana and the Big-cone pine, Pinus Coulteri.

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The nut of the Digger pine is very highly prized by the Indians and is larger and better in quality than the nut of the Big-cone pine which looks so much like it.

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