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pinus - What does it mean?

Definition of 'pinus'

English

Noun

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  • (botany) Any member of the genus Pinus ; a pine.
  • * 1839 , J. C. Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine (page 420)
  • I have been invited to see the garden of Baron Zanoli, situated on the high road from Monza to Milan, in which I am told there are fine exotic trees and shrubs, and especially a rich collection of pinuses .
  • * 1853 , George Greenwood, The tree-lifter (page 265)
  • As the generality of pinuses grow by nature into magnificent and gigantic forest-trees, they should, I think, be planted in our parks as well as in our flower-gardens, shrubberies, and lawns.
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