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pinaster

American

[pahy-nas-ter] / paɪˈnæs tər /

noun

a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.

pinaster British

/ paɪˈnæstə, pɪ- /

noun

Also called: maritime pinaster. cluster pinaster. a Mediterranean pine tree, Pinus pinaster, with paired needles and prickly cones

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Etymology

Origin of pinaster

C16: from Latin: wild pine, from pīnus pine

Example Sentences

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With two exceptions, P. halepensis and P. pinaster, they are New World species.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

The tree was a pinaster, of lengthy foliage and ponderous cones, standing in a little shooting-path, leading from the main walk.

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The duration of the tree is much greater than that of the pinaster, and the timber is whiter and somewhat more durable.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various

Pinus pinaster: circumnutation of young leaf, traced from 11.45 A.M.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

We have seen in a former chapter that the leaves of Pinus pinaster and Austriaca are continually circumnutating.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

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