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pinus

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pinus.

Editorial note

Maybe those Chinese pine nuts are from Pinus koraiensis [2] or Pinus armandii [3] as the nuts look reasonably similar.

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Quick take

(botany) Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pinus gathered in one view.

noun

(botany) Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pinus.

noun

(botany) Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

Example sentences

1

Maybe those Chinese pine nuts are from Pinus koraiensis [2] or Pinus armandii [3] as the nuts look reasonably similar.

2

In Italy (And Southern France and Spain), most likely nuts from Mediterranean stone pines, Pinus Pinea [1].

3

So the government went on a mass pinus radiata planting exercise from the 50s to 70s.

4

That said, second declension forms do seem to be attested for nearly every case of pinus.

5

Probably we would all see mushroom-shaped trees looking at the sun like Pinus Pinea[1] if it was so optimal.

6

It's a monoculture, all of the trees are the same: pinus pinaster.

7

It makes sense as initially the plant was (mis)named pinus araucana.

8

The collector in me wants to buy them all, but the rational Pinus says that I already have a few, and unlike the gentleman in the article, I do not wish to fill my home with slide rules...

9

Trees that display crown shyness patterns include: * Species of Dryobalanops, including Dryobalanops lanceolata and Dryobalanops aromatica (kapur) * Some species of eucalypt * Pinus contorta or lodgepole pine * Avicennia germinans or black mangrove * Schefflera pittieri * Clusia alata * K.

10

I wish I could use locally manufacturers but where I live (Aotearoa) the building industry has become obsessed with using the lowest quality wood available, (tannalised pinus radiata) and plastic whatsits up the whazo and then supplying the parts unfinished.

11

Also, rough-cut here is likely to have more variation due to the coarser-grained timbers usually encountered here (timbers with a grain strucure similar to, say, Pinus sylvestris/Baltic pine or finer are not as common here, so one expects the allowance for waste to be higher).

12

(Whilst, we may be able to keep up supply with fast growing building-grade lumber such as pinus radiata (and importantly bamboo), quality timbers are in desperately short supply and will continue to be so into the foreseeable future.

Quote examples

1

The image says it took 6 persons 5 days to expose the roots of "Pinus cembra".

2

"Don't let the hoodie fool you, that's Pinus densiflora."

3

I support the climate change mitigation and adaptation moves that would be nice anyway (many of the most important ones) and would prefer alternatives to things like turning all the arable land into pinus radiata plantations to generate ETS credits or voluntarily paying "climate fines" to shadowy international organisations if we don't hit certain "targets".

Proper noun examples

1

Pinus sylvestris[0] and Quercus robur[1] are good entries with numerous examples to compare.

2

Karst.), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), and sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl.) exhibit a significant decrease in wood density since more than 100 years.

3

Pinus and quercus are both fourth declination, not second, but there seem to be some elements of the second declination that have been included at some point (pini/pinorum/pinis and querci/quercorum) which muddy the waters a bit.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pinus in a sentence?

Maybe those Chinese pine nuts are from Pinus koraiensis [2] or Pinus armandii [3] as the nuts look reasonably similar.

What does pinus mean?

(botany) Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

What part of speech is pinus?

pinus is commonly used as noun.