mugo pine

mu·gho pine

or mu·go pine (myo͞o′gō, mo͞o′-)

A shrubby, prostrate European pine (Pinus mugo) widely cultivated as an ornamental.

[French, from Italian mugo.]

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mugo pine - low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two

dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, mountain pine

pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree

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