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big cone pine

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big-cone pine

[big-kohn] .
–noun
Coulter pine.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism

Coulter pine

–noun
a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 in. (23 to 36 cm) long.
Also called big-cone pine.


Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; named after Thomas Coulter (d. 1843), Irish botanist
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