pinaster

[ pahy-nas-ter ]

noun

1. a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.

pinaster

/ paɪˈnæstə; pɪ- /

noun

1. a Mediterranean pine tree, Pinus pinaster, with paired needles and prickly cones Also calledmaritime pinastercluster pinaster

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinaster¹

C16: from Latin: wild pine, from pīnus pine

Example Sentences

Moya says that "ignition time of live parts of the Mediterranean cypress is between one, five and seven times that of other Mediterranean species like Quercus ilex, Juniperus communis or Pinus pinaster under the experimental conditions of our tests".

From BBC

Poetaster seems to me to be formed upon the model of oleaster, pinaster, &c., as though to indicate that the person to whom the name is applied is as unlike a true poet as the wild olive to the true olive, or the wild pine to the true pine.

From Project Gutenberg

Pinaster, pi-nas′tėr, n. the cluster-pine.

From Project Gutenberg

It is quite a terrestrial bird, very slow in taking flight, and never perching except when hard pressed, when, on rare occasions, it takes refuge among the thick branches of an oak or pinaster; here it considers itself safe, and watches the movements of the dogs with apparent unconcern.

From Project Gutenberg

—Can any of your correspondents tell me why the termination aster is used in a depreciatory sense in Latin, as poetaster, a bad poet; oleaster, the wild olive; pinaster, the wild pine?

From Project Gutenberg