Yellow pine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various pines having yellow wood
  2. noun hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and P. palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and P. ponderosa and P. Arizonica of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States.

Webster 1913