| 单词 | maritime pine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaritime pine maritime pine n. [compare French pin maritime (1680), Italian pino marittimo (1835)] a southern European pine, Pinus pinaster, with long paired needles and clustered cones, which is native to coastal areas, is often planted in order to bind sandy soil, and yields resin that is used as a source of high quality turpentine; also called cluster pine. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies > cluster pine pinaster1562 sea-pine1753 Mediterranean pine1760 maritime pine1850 cluster-pine1857 1850 G. Law tr. J. B. Boussingault Rural Econ. ii. 142 Colophony, or rosin, is extracted from different kinds of the genus Pinus. In the Landes, or sandy plains of Bordeaux, it is the maritime pine which yields it. 1894 H. M. Ward Laslett's Timber & Timber Trees (ed. 2) xxxi. 349 The Cluster Pine..much used in the south and west of France, where it is known as the Maritime Pine from the extensive planting on the coasts, yields a highly resinous reddish wood. 1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 187 Cluster Pine, Maritime Pine..is, as its common name implies, admirably adapted for maritime localities. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 54/1 Of all two-needled pines, the species with the longest leaves,..is the cluster pine or maritime pine.., a southern European tree that thrives in coastal areas. 1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 190/1 Maritime pine... This pine has long needles in pairs and large bright brown cones. < as lemmas |
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