cembra
(ˈsɛmbrə)
Also -o.
[mod.L., f. G. dial. zember, zimber, var. of zimmer timber n.1]
In full cembra pine: the Swiss stone-pine, Pinus cembra. Also attrib., as cembra nut.
| 1785 W. Marshall Planting 283 Pinus Cembra: the Cembro, or Cembro-Pine. 1807 T. Martyn Miller's Gard. & Bot. Dict. II. 8 G/1 The Cembra Pine grows higher up the Alps than any other Pine. 1848 Dunglison Med. Lex. (ed. 7) s.v. Pinus Cembra, The nuts, Cembro nuts, have an eatable kernel. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 14/2 Two bent and stunted cembras. 1920 C. Coltman-Rogers Conifers i. 19 The cone of the Cembra is a little round football-shaped specimen. |