SWISS PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swiss pine mean? 

• SWISS PINE (noun)
  The noun SWISS PINE has 1 sense:

1. large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate

  Familiarity information: SWISS PINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWISS PINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arolla pine; cembra nut tree; Pinus cembra; Swiss pine; Swiss stone pine

Hypernyms ("Swiss pine" is a kind of...):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

Meronyms (parts of "Swiss pine"):

cedar nut; cembra nut (the seed of the Swiss pine)