pinaster

American  

[pahy-nas-ter] / paɪˈnæs tər /

noun

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

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pinaster British  

/ paɪˈnæstə, pɪ- /

noun

1. 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

The pinaster, the Pinus austriaca, Pinus insignis and other firs succeed well in the western part of the county.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

At a casual glance the whole tree might readily be mistaken for the pinaster, but the leaves are shorter, less tufted, and always more erect.

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

The large pits are found in all species of the Old World except P. halepensis and P. pinaster; the small pits in all species of the New World except P. resinosa and P. tropicalis.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

—Can any of your correspondents tell me why the termination aster is used in a depreciatory sense in Latin, as poetaster, a bad poet; oleaster, the wild olive; pinaster, the wild pine?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Pinus pinaster: epinastic downward movement of a young leaf, produced by a young plant in a pot, traced on a vertical glass under a skylight, from 6.45 A.M.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles