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nut pine
nut pine
noun
- either of two varieties of the pine tree Pinus cembroides, of Mexico, Arizona, and California, having edible nuts
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nut pine1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences
It is sometimes known as the Nut Pine, for it bears a nut of which the natives are very fond.
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A seed bed, incidentally, is a very necessary protection against rodents in the case of nut pine seed.
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By far the most abundant and interesting of these is the Pinus Fremontiana, 18 or nut pine.
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This is a nut pine forest, the bountiful orchard of the red man.
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The grey nut pine, wide-branched, unwarlike but serviceable, opens the ranks of conifers.
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