umbrella pine

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   medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds

   Synonymsstone pineEuropean nut pinePinus pinea

   Broaderpine

   Partspine nut

Questions about umbrella pine

What does umbrella pine mean?

umbrella pine means "medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds".

What is another word for umbrella pine?

Close synonyms include stone pine, European nut pine, Pinus pinea. 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 umbrella pine a common word?

umbrella pine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.