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A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

See Pinaster.

eddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.

A small American bird (Spinus, or Chrysomitris, spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.

ma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.

A pine forest; a grove of pines.

A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.

A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.

A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

See Piny.

A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.

Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

The sailor's choice (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides).

n which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott.

To make the sound called ping.

To play ping-pong.

A small piece of inclosed ground. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

See Pinkster.

A making of, or turning into, fat.

See Butterwort.