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ponderosa

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒn.dəˈɹəʊ.sə/
  • General-American: /ˌpɑn.dəˈɹoʊ.sə/
  • rhymes with -əʊsə
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA2 N D ER0 OW1 S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A pine tree of very large size, native to western North America (Pinus ponderosa).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ponderosa pine

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A citrus hybrid of a pomelo and a citron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ponderosa lemon

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ponderosa pine, western yellow pine, bull pine, Pinus ponderosa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: yellow pine

History

Etymology

From the specific epithet, New Latin ponderōsa (“heavy”), in reference to the wood.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: keltamänty — Pinus ponderosa
  • French: pin ponderosa — Pinus ponderosa
  • German: Gelb-Kiefer — Pinus ponderosa
  • Klamath-Modoc: Goos — Pinus ponderosa
  • Spanish: pino ponderosa — Pinus ponderosa
  • Turkish: batı sarıçamı — Pinus ponderosa
  • Welsh: pinwydden gochfrig — Pinus ponderosa