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
ponderosa: 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
a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest
ponderosa
Turkish pronunciation
pändırōsı
Pronunciation
/ˌpändərˈōsə/ /ˌpɑːndɜrˈoʊsə/
Etymology
[ "pän-d&-'rO-s&-, ] (noun.) 1878. New Latin ponderosa, specific epithet of Pinus ponderosa, from Latin, feminine of ponderosus ponderous.