PINUS CEMBRA
\pˈɪnəs sˈɛmbɹə], \pˈɪnəs sˈɛmbɹə], \p_ˈɪ_n_ə_s s_ˈɛ_m_b_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of PINUS CEMBRA
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By Princeton University
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It yields an agreeably scented turpentine :-the Carpathian Balsam, Balsamnut Carpathicum seu Libani, Carpathicum, Briancon Turpentine. The nuts, Cembro nuts, Nuclei Cembrae, have an eatable kernel, and yield oil. The shoots yield Riga Balsam by distillation.
By Robley Dunglison
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