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A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usuall…

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

The stone pine (Pinus Cembra).

The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).

se (Zoöl.), any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The Hæmatatopinus eurysternus and H. vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair. -- Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague. -- Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through…

are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus.

A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.

A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.

A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbe…

A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and mérou.

The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

ot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, P. Bahamensis, of the West Indies. -- Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupa…

A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.

An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance.

One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.

A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.

Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

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

A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.