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I'm reading a book on trees that contends that "guisachan = pine in Gaelic". I happen to believe that giuthas is the Gaelic for pine. Clearly guisachan is related to pine, but can anyone explain what guisachan actually means, or how it's derived from giuthas?

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Neither, in fact. We would say 'S toil leis an fhiaclair..."

Ah yes, of course, careless me!

Thank you for the excellent clarification

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