When European explorers discovered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called them " pineapples " ( first so referenced in 1664 due to resemblance to what is now known as the pine cone ).

By the 19th century, only ten percent of this forest cover remained and the European settlers introduced several new exotic grass, lupin, pine and macrocarpa that gradually supplanted the native vegetation.

In the Northern Alps the pine forests rarely surpass 1800 m ( 6000 ft ) elevation, but on the south side they commonly attain 2100 m ( 6900 ft ), while European Larch, Swiss Pine and Mountain Pine often extend above that elevation.

When European settlers came to the Hinckley area it was a heavily forested area with thick forests of white pine, some of the largest in the state.

In the late 19th century, European settlers came to the Pine City area, which was still heavily forested with thick stands of white pine, some of the largest in the state.

As a naturally growing forest tree, it marks the important border between the European deciduous forest zone and the northern pine forest zone.

Scots Pine is the only pine native to northern Europe, forming either pure forests or alongside Norway Spruce, Common Juniper, Silver Birch, European Rowan, Eurasian Aspen and other hardwood species.

A combination of jack pine and northern pin oak dominated the park before European settlement.

Pesto (, ) is a sauce originating in Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy ( pesto genovese ), and traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil, and European pine nuts blended with olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano ( Parmesan cheese ), and Fiore Sardo ( cheese made from sheep's milk ).

Cashew nuts, walnuts or Chinese pine nuts are often used instead of European pine nuts, because they are less expensive and have a similar texture ( although not the same taste ).

Shelled Pinus pinea | European pine nuts ( Pinus pinea )

Their western distribution encompasses the Ural mountains, where they are sympatric with European pine martens.

These include Balearic Crossbill L. curvirostra balearica and North African Crossbill L. curvirostra poliogyna, feeding primarily on Aleppo Pine ( Pinus halepensis ); Cyprus Crossbill L. curvirostra guillemardi, feeding primarily on European black pine ( Pinus nigra ); and an as-yet unidentified crossbill with a Parrot Crossbill-size bill feeding primarily on Bosnian Pine ( Pinus heldreichii ) in the Balkans.

In the north of Europe rosin is obtained from the Scots Pine P. sylvestris, and throughout European countries local supplies are obtained from other species of pine, with Aleppo Pine P. halepensis being particularly important in the Mediterranean region.

Pinus mugo, the Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine, is a high-altitude European pine, found in the Pyrenees, Alps, Erzgebirge, Carpathians, northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from ( mostly ) 1, 000 m to 2, 200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in the north of the range in Germany and Poland, and as high as 2, 700 m in the south of the range in Bulgaria or in the Pyrenees.

Pinus nigra, the European black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across southern Mediterranean Europe from Spain to the Crimea, in Asia Minor and on Cyprus, and in the high mountains of the Maghreb in North Africa.

Before European settlement, the Longleaf Pine pine forest dominated as much as stretching from Virginia south to Florida and west to eastern Texas.

The European pine marten ( Martes martes ), known most commonly as the pine marten in Anglophone Europe, and less commonly also known as pineten, baum marten, or sweet marten, is an animal native to Northern Europe belonging to the mustelid family, which also includes mink, otter, badger, wolverine and weasel.

European pine martens usually make their own dens in hollow trees or scrub-covered fields.

European pine martens are territorial animals that mark their range by depositing faeces ( called ' scats ') in prominent locations.

* CSIC, Spain A Government of Spain website for European publications on tree nuts including almonds

The European chefs used local, easily available and relatively cheap ingredients: nuts such as almonds and hazelnuts.

This is a common and popular European garden bird, due to its perky acrobatic performances when feeding on nuts or suet.

European nobles in the sixteenth century would often have the shells of these nuts polished and decorated with valuable jewels as collectibles for their private galleries.

European Stone Pine nuts ( Pinus pinea ) to be compared with the picture below

At the time of European encounter, the Wolastoqiyik were a primarily agrarian people who supplemented their diets by hunting, fishing and gathering fruits, berries, nuts and natural produce.

They would often bring imported fruits, nuts and cocoa, obtained during their voyages, to Mr. Whitman so that he could make the popular European confections people craved in that era.

It is most probable that the bird's disappearance is linked to a combination of trapping for the European pet trade and the wholesale felling of the Yatay Palm, Butia yatay, which nuts appear to have constituted its main food.

The newly claimed jungle and near-coastal territories of the Beti-Pahuin allowed them to ensconce themselves into a lucrative role as middlemen ; in exchange for European goods, they provided items such as kola nuts, ivory, and slaves.

The seeds are small triangular nuts 15-20 mm long and 7-10 mm wide at the base ; there are two nuts in each cupule, maturing in the autumn 5-6 months after pollination ; the cupule differs from that of European Beech in having flattened, slightly leaf-like appendages at the base ( slender, soft spines in European Beech ).

The dish is also an icon of Venezuelan multicultural heritage, as its preparation includes European ingredients ( such as raisins, nuts and olives ), indigenous ingredients ( corn meal colored with annatto seeds and onions ), and African ingredients ( smoked plantain leaves used for wrapping ).

Manioc ( cassava ), yams, bananas, kumara ( sweet potato ), coconuts, island cabbage, pawpaw ( papaya ), nakavika ( rose apples ), citrus, sugar cane, cacao, mangoes, pineapples, nuts, and European vegetables are also grown for local consumption.

With curtailment of the MCC funding, the European Union may replace the US as Armenia ’ s chief source of foreign aid for the first time since independence.

Recent observations by the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite may explain the origin of a giant cloud of antimatter surrounding the galactic center.

It may be an exaggerated form of an instinctive response that helped early humans to survive, or a cultural phenomenon that is most common in predominantly European societies.

In addition to the expected kinds of wildlife to be found in a European forest area, the following types of animals may be observed in the Black Forest.

Most of the kinds commonly eaten fresh or dried, those of the genus Phaseolus, come originally from the Americas, being first seen by a European when Christopher Columbus, during his exploration, of what may have been the Bahamas, found them growing in fields.

However, scholars assert that a distinct " Central European culture, as controversial and debated the notion may be, exists.

Scholars speculate that the total Araucanian population may have numbered 1 million at most when the Spaniards arrived in the 1530s ; a century of European conquest and disease reduced that number by at least half.

It is located south of Asia Minor, the Anatolian peninsula of the Asian ( or Eurasian ) mainland ( now part of modern-day Turkey ), so it may be included in Western Asia or the Middle East: At a confluence of Western Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa, Cyprus has had lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, Byzantine, and Western European influences.

In other cases, central banks may incorporate the word " Central " ( for example, European Central Bank, Central Bank of Ireland ); but the Central Bank of India is a ( government-owned ) commercial bank and not a central bank.

In the European Union, foods that contain or may contain celery, even in trace amounts, must be clearly marked as such.

Modern European conservatives such as Edmund Burke have found the extreme idealism of either democracy may endanger broader liberties, and similarly reject " abstract reason " as a guide for political theory.

The name " Cheddar cheese " is widely used and has no Protected Designation of Origin ( PDO ) within the European Union, but only Cheddar produced from local milk within four counties of South West England may use the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar.

The name " Cheddar " is not protected by the European Union, though the name " West Country Farmhouse Cheddar " has an EU Protected Designation of Origin, and may only be produced in Somerset, Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall, using milk sourced from those counties.

Dance movements may be without significance in themselves, such as in ballet or European folk dance, or have a gestural vocabulary / symbolic system as in many Asian dances.

In many European countries the prosecution may appeal an acquittal to a higher court ( similar to the provisions of Canadian law ) – this is not counted as double jeopardy but as a continuation of the same trial.

For example, dentists graduated from Israeli dental schools may recommend more often for the removal of asymptomatic impacted third molar ( wisdom teeth ) than dentists graduated from Latin American or Eastern European dental schools.

European citizens in need of consular help in a country without diplomatic or consular representation of their own country may turn to any consular or diplomatic mission of another EU member state.

* Associate member parties may include parties that do not have MEPs ( e. g., French Trotskyist parties which did not get elected in the 2004 European elections ), are from states that are not part of the European Union, or do not wish to be full members.

Outside official use, the flag may not be used for aims incompatible with European values.

Also many on the left such as Tony Benn tend not to use the phrase to refer to themselves even though they share many of their criticisms of the European Union and they may use phrases such as euro-critical or just call themselves democrats or socialists and their scepticism as part of their wider belief in democracy or socialism.

The Communist Party of Britain and The Socialist Workers Party, neither of which have any considerable power or influence, with not one seat in Parliament nor in a local council, both criticise the European Union from an ultra-left perspective and their " scepticism " is a form of left-wing euroscepticism although its adherents may reject the term.

In reciprocity, these rulers may accredit equal titles in their native languages to their European peers.

Since family names are normally written last in European societies ( except in Hungary ), the term last name is commonly used for family name, while in East Asia ( with vertical writing ) the family name may be referred to as upper name ( as in Japanese ).

Some speculate that the dish may have been invented in Spain, the first European country in which the potato appeared via the New World colonies, and assumes the first appearance to have been as an accompaniment to fish dishes in Galicia, from which it spread to the rest of the country and further to the Spanish Netherlands, which became Belgium more than a century later.