pinus(n = noun.plant) genus pinus - type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines;
is a kind of gymnosperm genus
is a member of family pinaceae, pinaceae, pine family

   A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine. [1913 Webster]

genus pinus, pinus albicaulis, pinus aristata, pinus attenuata, pinus banksiana, pinus californiarum, pinus cembra, pinus cembroides, pinus contorta, pinus contorta murrayana, pinus densiflora, pinus echinata, pinus edulis, pinus flexilis, pinus glabra, pinus jeffreyi, pinus longaeva, pinus monophylla, pinus monticola, pinus mugo, pinus muricata, pinus nigra, pinus palustris, pinus parryana, pinus pinea, pinus ponderosa, pinus pungens, pinus quadrifolia, pinus radiata, pinus resinosa, pinus rigida, pinus serotina, pinus strobiformis, pinus strobus, pinus sylvestris, pinus taeda, pinus thunbergii, pinus torreyana, pinus virginiana, spinus pinus