Coulter pine

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Related to Pinus coulteri: Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana
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Coulter pine
Pinus coulteri

Coul·ter pine

 (kōl′tər)
n.
A pine tree (Pinus coulteri) native to California and Baja California, having needles in bundles of three and bearing large, heavy, sharp-scaled cones.

[After Thomas Coulter (1793-1843), Irish botanist.]
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