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Pinus

noun

type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines

• Syn: ↑genus Pinus

• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pinaceae, ↑family Pinaceae, ↑pine family

• Member Meronyms:

↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑true pine, ↑pinon, ↑pinyon, ↑pinon pine, ↑Mexican nut pine, ↑Pinus cembroides

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\\ˈpīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, pine — more at pine

: a large and economically important genus (the type of the family Pinaceae) of coniferous trees chiefly of north temperate regions, in former classifications including pines, firs, spruces, larches and hemlocks, now restricted to the true pines, and comprising trees with primary leaves that are early deciduous, secondary needlelike leaves that are borne usually in fascicles of one to seven, and cones that consist of imbricated woody scales enclosing winged seeds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.