STONE PINE

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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

Synonyms:

European nut pine; Pinus pinea; stone pine; umbrella pine

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stone pine" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "stone 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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