maritime pine
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On my last day, I drove the winding roads through the Landes du Médoc — the largest maritime pine forest in Europe — until it emptied out onto the Atlantic coast.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017
The chief trees were the palm-tree, the sycamore, the maritime pine, and the plane in the lowlands; in the highlands the cedar, Aleppo pine, oak, walnut, poplar, acacia, shumac, and carob.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
In France, the maritime pine is planted on the sands of the interior as well as on the dunes of the sea coast, and with equal advantage.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
In stature a beautiful woman must be tall and erect, like the cypress or the maritime pine.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock
In France, the maritime pine is planted on the sands of the interior as well as on the dunes of the seacoast, and with equal advantage.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
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