HyperDic: pinus_aristata

English > 1 sense of the expression Pinus aristata:
NOUNplantPinus aristata, bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pinesmall slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales
English > Pinus aristata: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old.
Synonymsbristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Broaderpine, pine tree, true pineA coniferous tree
Catalanpinus aristata

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