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stone pine

stone pine
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stohn pahyn]
    • /stoʊn paɪn/
    • /stəʊn paɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stohn pahyn]
    • /stoʊn paɪn/

Definitions of stone pine words

  • noun stone pine Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds. 1
  • noun stone pine any of several piñons. 1
  • noun stone pine a Mediterranean pine tree, Pinus pinea, having a short bole and radiating branches forming an umbrella shape 0

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Origin of stone pine

First appearance:

before 1750
One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1750-60

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Parts of speech for Stone pine

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

stone pine popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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