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PINUS
Pi
"
nus,
n.
Etym:
[L., a
pine
tree.
] (
Bot.
)
Defn: A
large
genus
of
evergreen
coniferous
trees,
mostly
found
in
the
northern
hemisphere.
The
genus
formerly
included
the
firs, spruces, larches,
and
hemlocks,
but
is
now
limited
to
those
trees
which
have
the
primary
leaves
of
the
branchlets
reduced
to
mere
scales,
and
the
secondary
ones
(
pine
needles )
acicular,
and
usually
in
fascicles
of
two
to
seven.
See
Pine.
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