mugho pine

mu·gho pine

or mu·go pine  (myo͞o′gō, mo͞o′-)
n.
A shrubby, prostrate European pine (Pinus mugo) widely cultivated as an ornamental.

[French, from Italian mugo.]
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mu′gho

(or mu′go) pine′

(ˈmyu goʊ, ˈmu-)
n.
a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.
[1750–60; < French mugho < Italian mugo]
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Noun1.mugho pine - low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of twomugho pine - low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
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