cembra pine

noun

"-

variants or cembran pine

-brən-

: swiss pine

Word History

Etymology

cembra from New Latin (specific epithet of the Swiss pine Pinus cembra), modification of German dialect zember, zimber timber, from Old High German zimbar wood; cembran from New Latin cembra + English -an

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