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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

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pinaster

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 Charles Darwin

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 Charles Darwin

Pinus pinaster: circumnutation of hypocotyl, with filament fixed across its summit, traced on horizontal glass, from 10 A.M.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

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

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw

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 Charles Darwin

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