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Meanings of umbrella pine in English

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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.

Usage of umbrella pine in English
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The seeds of the Pinus pinea, or stone pine or umbrella pine.
The Irish Times
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A small limestone hill is topped by a lone, branching umbrella pine.
The world without us
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Under a vast umbrella pine we dismounted, rested, and saw Capri.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete / Series I, I...
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She was looking at the umbrella pine, which had been smitten into something glorious, silhouetted against stars.
The Enchanted April
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None of our north-eastern evergreens resemble the umbrella pine sufficiently to be a fair object of comparison with it.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
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No American evergreen known to me resembles the umbrella pine sufficiently to be a fair object of comparison with it.
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader / B...
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The surrounding landscape of vineyards and umbrella pines lay steeped in shadows and gloom.
Map of bones
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During the 20th century, plantations of umbrella pines were introduced to try to resuscitate former springs.
The world without us
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Green swards of hillsides opened in parklands, dotted with occasional sheep and shaded by umbrella pines.
Map of bones
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Torches were planted along the way, and the tall umbrella pines were whispering in the rising breeze.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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In the plain, between two little rivers, the Siagne and the Riou, was a grove of umbrella pines.
Riviera Towns
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Beyond it the tops and naked trunks of a group of umbrella pines stood silhouetted against the sky.
The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Volume 2
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At the end of the street, beyond a row of umbrella pines, rose the skeletons of abandoned factories.
The monster of florence
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Just then a tiny murmur of some far-away wind stirred the umbrella pines which stood sentinel over the valley.
In the Wilderness
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It was his favourite corner of the domain-a kind of projecting spur or platform shaded by a few grandiose umbrella pines.
South Wind
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The rambling farmhouse we occupied in Giogoli stood high on the side of a hill, shaded by cypresses and umbrella pines.
The monster of florence