mugo pine

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   low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two

   SynonymsSwiss mountain pinemountain pinedwarf mountain pinemugho pinePinus mugo

   Broaderpine

Questions about mugo pine

What does mugo pine mean?

mugo pine means "low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two".

What is another word for mugo pine?

Close synonyms include Swiss mountain pine, mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, Pinus mugo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mugo pine a common word?

mugo pine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.