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PINUS CONTORTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinus contorta mean?
• PINUS CONTORTA (noun)
The noun PINUS CONTORTA has 1 sense:
1. shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
Familiarity information: PINUS CONTORTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lodgepole; lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; shore pine; spruce pine
Hypernyms ("Pinus contorta" is a kind of...):
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