Pinus cembroides
- noun
- Specialized
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pino cembroides
- The Pinus cembroides tree produces delicious pinyon nuts that are popular in local cuisine.
Examples
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The Pinus cembroides tree produces delicious pinyon nuts.
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The Pinus cembroides thrives in arid regions of northern Mexico and southern Texas.
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Many animals depend on the seeds produced by Pinus cembroides for food through the winter.
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Researchers studied the distribution of Pinus cembroides across its entire native range.
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I saw a Pinus cembroides in the botanical garden.
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Many animals depend on the seeds produced by Pinus cembroides for food through the winter.
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The Pinus cembroides thrives in arid regions of northern Mexico and southern Texas.
Synonyms
A small tree with needle leaves that makes edible seeds called pine nuts
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas with edible seeds and short needles
Surface Forms
Morphology
Pinus + cembroides
The genus name 'Pinus' transparently signals a pine tree, so a learner who knows that could infer this is a kind of pine. However, 'cembroides' is a Latin specific epithet (not a common English word) and contains species-level information (needles per fascicle, edible seeds) that a B1 learner would not be able to derive from the parts, so the overall meaning is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Pinus cembroides is the scientific name for a small pine that makes edible 'pinyon nuts'. Imagine low pines on dry hills in Mexico and southern Texas with groups of two or three short needles and many brown nuts that animals and people gather. That picture helps you remember the name means a small pine with tasty seeds.
