pinus

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

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noun

Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

"I have been invited to see the garden of Baron Zanoli, situated on the high road from Monza to Milan, in which I am told there are fine exotic trees and shrubs, and especially a rich collection of pinuses."
"As the generality of pinuses grow by nature into magnificent and gigantic forest-trees, they should, I think, be planted in our parks as well as in our flower-gardens, shrubberies, and lawns."

From the genus name. Doublet of pine.

pinuses (plural)

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