noun
low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
• Syn: ↑Swiss mountain pine, ↑mountain pine, ↑dwarf mountain pine, ↑mugo pine, ↑Pinus mugo
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/myooh"goh, mooh"-/
a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental. Also called mugo pine.
[1750-60; < F mugho < It mugo, of dial. orig. (Trentino, Valtellina); further etym. uncert.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.