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digger pine

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digger pine
n.
A medium-sized, crooked-branched pine, Pinus sabiniana, of California, having drooping grayish-green needles, large cones with long stalks and sharp-tipped scales, and edible seeds.
[After theDigger Indians, who used its nuts for food.]


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Digger" is an old pioneer term derisively used to label California Indians for the way they obtained some of their food (roots and bulbs), and so the digger pine could become California foothill pine.
Championing changes in the forest by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
Still, the remote track has its qualities - a quaint pond favored by waterfowl, sporadic shade from black oak, digger pine and big-cone spruce, a surprising bounty of wildlife and an unrivaled northerly view of the Tehachapi Mountains and the extreme western reach of the Mojave Desert and its Antelope Valley.
TRAIL BLAZER: PACIFIC CREST TRAIL SITE DELIVERS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
And a 367-point digger pine in Redding, California, met its demise by the most powerful force of all: the Highway Department.
Crowning CHAMPIONS for a New Age by BRONAUGH, WHIT / American Forests
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