stone pine

noun

Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.

any of several piñons.

Origin of stone pine

First recorded in 1750–60

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Historical Examples of stone pine

And the redwood is more beautiful even than the stone-pine of Italy.
The Californiacs
Inez Haynes Irwin
The stone-pine is found also in Palestine, and is supposed to be the cypress of the Bible.
Among the Trees at Elmridge
Ella Rodman Church
Its seeds were represented to be as large as those of the stone-pine, and eatable.
Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827
Various
The stone-pine and wild-olive are perhaps the only trees found growing in a natural state.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8
Various
A cat dozed in the hot sunshine, the lizards scuttled about the pillars of the pergola, and in the stone-pine a linnet sang.
Up and Down
Edward Frederic Benson

British Dictionary definitions for stone pine

stone pine

noun

a Mediterranean pine tree, Pinus pinea, having a short bole and radiating branches forming an umbrella shapeAlso called: umbrella pine

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