Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Pi·nus Pronunciation:
'pI-n&s Function:
noun : a large and economically important genus (the type of the family Pinaceae) ofconiferous trees chiefly of temperate regions of the northern hemisphere that in former classifications included pines, firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks but is now restricted to the true pines andthat includes a number which yield products (as pine tar) with medicinal applications
