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variants:
or less commonly Swiss stone pine
Definition of Swiss pine
: a tall Eurasian pine (Pinus cembra) having dark green leaves in bundles of five, short spreading branches, and cones usually less than four inches in length and yielding cedar nuts and a resinous exudate
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