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mugo pine

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mugho pine

[myoo-goh, moo-]
–noun
a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.
Also called mugo pine.


Origin:
1750–60; < F mugho < It mugo, of dial. orig. (Trentino, Valtellina); further etym. uncert.
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mu·gho pine or mu·go pine   (myōō'gō, mōō'-)   
n.  A shrubby, prostrate European pine (Pinus mugo) widely cultivated as an ornamental.

[French, from Italian mugo.]
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