单词 | pinaster |
释义 | pinastern. Now rare. Any of several European pines distinguishable (as wild pines) from the stone pine, Pinus pinea (which was often cultivated); (in later use) spec. the maritime pine, Pinus pinaster. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies > cluster pine pinaster1562 sea-pine1753 Mediterranean pine1760 maritime pine1850 cluster-pine1857 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 88 Pinaster is nothyng ellis but a wilde pyne tre of a meruelus hyght. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 462 The Pine and the Pinaster cary leaues thin and slender..long also and sharp pointed. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) The domestick Pine grows well with us, both in Mountains and Plains; but the Pinaster or wild Pine, of which there are 4 sorts, are best for Walks. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Pinus Pinus sylvestris..the Pinaster or wild Pine. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 443 The Pineaster or wild Pine of Italy, the south of France and Swisserland, resembles this [sc. the Scotch pine]. 1803 A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) II. ii. 21 The Pinaster is a variety of the Scotch Fir. 1842 P. J. Selby Brit. Forest Trees 437 The introduction of the Pinaster into England by Gerard.. a.d. 1596. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 6 The principal timber tree of [St Helena]..is the pinaster. 1949 J. Betjeman First & Last Loves (1952) ii. 10 The Scotch fir of orange-golden bark, the pinaster and black Austrian pine. 2000 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 29 Nov. 72 At present, farmers with pinus radiata plantations receive only an annual rental payment, while those with pinaster (maritime pine) receive a 50-50 share. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
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