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UMBRELLA PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does umbrella pine mean? 

UMBRELLA PINE (noun)
  The noun UMBRELLA 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 almondsplay

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


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UMBRELLA PINE (noun)


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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 ("umbrella pine" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "umbrella 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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