stone pine
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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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And the redwood is more beautiful even than the stone-pine of Italy.
The CaliforniacsInez Haynes Irwin
The stone-pine is found also in Palestine, and is supposed to be the cypress of the Bible.
Among the Trees at ElmridgeElla Rodman Church
Its seeds were represented to be as large as those of the stone-pine, and eatable.
The stone-pine and wild-olive are perhaps the only trees found growing in a natural state.
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 DownEdward Frederic Benson
stone pine
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