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a pine, Pinus sabiniana, of California, having drooping, grayish-green needles and large, heavy cones with edible seeds.[1880-85, Amer.; after the DIGGER Indians, who used the tree as a food source]
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Digger pine
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digger pine — noun Usage: usually capitalized D : a California pine (Pinus sabiniana) with sparse foliage and nuts formerly used as food by the Digger Indians called also bull pine, gray pine * * * a pine, Pinus sabiniana, of California, having drooping,… … Useful english dictionary
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pine — pine1 pinelike, adj. /puyn/, n. 1. any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc. Cf. pine family. 2. any of various similar coniferous… … Universalium
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Gray Pine — Taxobox name = Gray Pine status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales familia = Pinaceae genus = Pinus subgenus = Pinus species = P. sabineana binomial =… … Wikipedia
sabine pine — noun medium sized five needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones • Syn: ↑Torrey pine, ↑Torrey s pine, ↑soledad pine, ↑grey leaf pine, ↑Pinus torreyana • Hypernyms: ↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bull pine — noun common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature • Syn: ↑ponderosa, ↑ponderosa pine, ↑western yellow pine, ↑Pinus… … Useful english dictionary
foothill pine — pilkoji pušis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pušinių šeimos medieninis augalas (Pinus sabiniana), paplitęs Kalifornijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Pinus sabiniana angl. digger pine; foothill pine; gray pine vok. Weißkiefer šaltinis Valstybinės… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
gray pine — pilkoji pušis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pušinių šeimos medieninis augalas (Pinus sabiniana), paplitęs Kalifornijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Pinus sabiniana angl. digger pine; foothill pine; gray pine vok. Weißkiefer šaltinis Valstybinės… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
gray-leaf pine — noun 1. : digger pine 2. : torrey pine … Useful english dictionary
