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pinaster

(pī nas′tər, pi-)

noun

a Mediterranean pine (Pinus pinaster) with paired needles and prickly cones

Origin: L, wild pine < pinus, pine

See pinaster in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A Mediterranean pine tree (Pinus pinaster) having a characteristic pyramidal form and needles clustered in fascicles of two.

Origin:

Origin: Latin, wild pine

Origin: , from pīnus, pine; see pine¹

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