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EUROPEAN NUT PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European nut pine mean?
• EUROPEAN NUT PINE (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN NUT PINE has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN NUT PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
European nut pine; Pinus pinea; stone pine; umbrella pine
Hypernyms ("European nut pine" is a kind of...):
pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)
Meronyms (parts of "European nut pine"):
pignolia; pine nut; pinon nut (edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America)
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