mugho pine

[myoo-goh, moo-]

noun

1. a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mugho pine¹

First recorded in 1750–60; from French mugho, from Italian mugo, of dialectal origin (Trentino, Valtellina); further etymology uncertain

Example Sentences

Its dwarf form, under the name of the Mugho Pine, is extensively cultivated as a garden ornament.

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One butternut tree on my farm, having a trunk six inches in diameter, killed every Mugho pine within the radius of its root system.

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For years, I watched a struggle between a small butternut tree and a large Mugho pine.

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The Mugho pine took new heart, lived and again flourished.

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Gradually the Mugho pine was succumbing.

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