• Pinus

    Full definition of pinus

    Noun

    pinus

    (plural pinuses)
    1. (botany) Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.
      • 1839, J. C. Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine (page 420)I have been invited to see the garden of Baron Zanoli, situated on the high road from Monza to Milan, in which I am told there are fine exotic trees and shrubs, and especially a rich collection of pinuses.
      • 1853, George Greenwood, The tree-lifter (page 265)As the generality of pinuses grow by nature into magnificent and gigantic forest-trees, they should, I think, be planted in our parks as well as in our flower-gardens, shrubberies, and lawns.----
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