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Ponderosa

//ˌpɒn.dəˈɹəʊ.sə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A pine tree of very large size, native to western North America (Pinus ponderosa).
  2. 2
    A citrus hybrid of a pomelo and a citron.
  3. 3
    common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature wordnet

Etymology

From the specific epithet, New Latin ponderōsa (“heavy”), in reference to the wood.

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