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PINUS STROBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinus strobus mean?
• PINUS STROBUS (noun)
The noun PINUS STROBUS has 1 sense:
1. tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
Familiarity information: PINUS STROBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American white pine; eastern white pine; Pinus strobus; weymouth pine
Hypernyms ("Pinus strobus" is a kind of...):
white pine (any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine)
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