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ponderosa
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of pine in western U.S., 1878, from scientific name Pinus ponderosa (1836), literally "heavy pine," from Latin ponderosus (see ponderous).
Wiktionary
n. A very large species of pine tree native to western North America, (taxlink Pinus ponderosa species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: ponderosa pine, western yellow pine, bull pine, Pinus ponderosa]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 138
Land area (2000): 7.316936 sq. miles (18.950776 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.316936 sq. miles (18.950776 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58980
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 35.668305 N, 106.664462 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 87044
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ponderosa
Wikipedia
Ponderosa, ponderous or heavy in Latin and Italian, may refer to:
Ponderosa is a television series developed by Bonanza creator David Dortort for PAX-TV (now known as ION) that ran for the 2001–2002 television season.
Envisioned as a prequel to the long-running NBC series Bonanza, covering the time when the Cartwrights first arrived at the Ponderosa, when Adam and Hoss were teenagers and Joe a little boy, it had less gunfire, brawling and other traditional western elements than the original.
Bonanza creator; David Dortort, approved PAX TV's decision to hire Beth Sullivan, creator and executive producer of Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, to oversee scripts and executive produce, which some believe gave the series a softer edge.
Ponderosa was canceled after one season, in part because of disappointing ratings and high production costs. Although Sullivan had hoped to film the series in and around Los Angeles, PAX decided to film in Australia to reduce costs.
Series "show runner" Sullivan sustained severe injuries in a car crash only 12 days after the airing of the first season's last episode.
The show should not be confused with Ponderosa, the title used for Bonanza reruns aired on NBC during the summer of 1972.
The Ponderosa is a recreation area within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Although not a public park it was designated as Open Space by Sheffield City Council in the 1993 Unitary Development Plan. It covers an area of over 10 hectares (25 acres) and is located at , 1.5 km west of the city centre between the districts of Upperthorpe and Netherthorpe. Although the name “Ponderosa” was originally an informal name given by local children, it is now the accepted title and is recognised by the local council. Along with Weston Park and Crookes Valley Park it is one of the three “Crookesmoor Parks”.
Usage examples of "ponderosa".
Finally, at the base, where walls sheered up toward the mesa and the strata of sandstone met a strata of slate, natural seep springs nourished the grander ponderosa pines.
Three steps right, three steps left, he zigzagged upward through the scrub brush and around the boulders, ducking under the thick branches of ponderosa trees.
Demott pointed up Cache Creek, past the clusters of white-barked aspens, past the stately forest of ponderosa, into the dark green wilderness of firs.
She swung onto the road and started climbing around the mountain slope, the ponderosa branches dancing in the wind outside her window.
And then he saw it, almost completely hidden, like the remnants of an old tank--the blue SAAB with ponderosa branches piled over the roof and hood and built up along the sides.
Father John jammed down on the accelerator and turned south on 287, hardly aware of the ponderosa slopes flashing by, the white plains rolling away from the highway.
The trees were indeed lovely, a grand mix of ponderosa and lodgepole pine that rose majestically against the darkening sky.
Black walnuts are more cold resistant and can grow up into the ponderosa zone but they have shorter roots and must live close to stream courses or other sources of water.
Honey locust is considerably more cold tolerant than mesquite and may grow well into the ponderosa life zone at 7,000 feet.
Agaves grow up as high as San Francisco Plaza just below the ponderosa zone, but they are found in greater concentration much lower.
The nopal grows well in its large form in the southern watershed and in its smaller forms it grows up into the ponderosa zone.
Burne had limped away and leaned his hand against the ice-slick bole of a tall ponderosa pine.
Then they build themselves a big house, and they think they ought to name the place, like it was the Ponderosa or something.
The adobe overhang was supported by massive posts of ponderosa pine worn smooth by generations of tourists, and Joe could look at an angle through the colonnade without being seen himself.
The one unsullied vision is the barricaded cabin in the hills, the sense of taking part in Armageddon, even if the final battle is small-scale and local, with FBI agents lofting tear gas over the ponderosa pine.