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单词 pinsapo
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pinsapon.

Brit. /pɪnˈsapəʊ/, U.S. /pɪnˈsɑpoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish pinsapo.
Etymology: < Spanish pinsapo (1492) < pino pine n.2 + the pre-Romance base of Old French sap a kind of fir (related to Old French, Middle French, French sapin , classical Latin sappīnus sapin n.). The Spanish term was adopted slightly earlier in scientific Latin as the specific epithet of Abies pinsapo (E. Boissier 1838, in Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève 13 406).
The Spanish fir, Abies pinsapo, native to mountainous regions of south-west Spain and Morocco, which is characterized by short, radially arranged needles. Also pinsapo fir.
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1839 Gardener's Mag. 15 109 He [sc. E. Boissier] first observed the Pinsapo at an altitude of about 4,000 feet.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 297/1 Among other characteristic trees [in Spain] are the Spanish pine (Pinus hispanica).., the Pinsapo fir (Abies Pinsapo), and the Quercus Tozza.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 645/1 A magnificent conifer, the Atlantic pinsapo (Abies pinsapo), is found on the heights round Bougie.
2000 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Travel section) 1 g You may glimpse..the rare pinsapo, a fir that's a relic of the forests of 2 million years ago and is now found only around Ronda and in Morocco.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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