pinaster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pinaster
C16: from Latin: wild pine, from pīnus pine
Example Sentences
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The nine cotyledons of a seedling Pinus pinaster plainly circumnutated; and the figures described approached more nearly to irregular circles than to irregular ovals or ellipses.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
With two exceptions, P. halepensis and P. pinaster, they are New World species.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
They feed on the leaves of the pinaster, and their peculiar coloring offers a general similarity to the brown twigs and narrow green leaves of a conifer.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr
Pinus pinaster: circumnutation of two opposite cotyledons, traced on horizontal glass in darkness, from 8.45 A.M. to 8.35 P.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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