pine : Idioms & Phrases
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- alpine celery pine
- amboina pine
- amboyna pine
- american white pine
- ancient pine
- arolla pine
- australian pine
- bishop pine
- bishop's pine
- black cypress pine
- black pine
- bristlecone pine
- brown pine
- bull pine
- canadian red pine
- celery pine
- celery top pine
- celery-topped pine
- chile pine
- common sickle pine
- cypress pine
- Dammar pine
- douglas pine
- dundathu pine
- dwarf mountain pine
- eastern white pine
- european nut pine
- frankincense pine
- georgia pine
- grey-leaf pine
- Ground pine
- hickory pine
- hoop pine
- huon pine
- imou pine
- jack pine
- japanese black pine
- japanese red pine
- japanese table pine
- japanese umbrella pine
- jeffrey pine
- jeffrey's pine
- jersey pine
- kauri pine
- king william pine
- knobcone pine
- knotty pine
- lambert pine
- limber pine
- Loblolly pine
- lodgepole pine
- longleaf pine
- mexican nut pine
- monterey pine
- moreton bay pine
- mountain pine
- mugho pine
- mugo pine
- new caledonian pine
- new zealand mountain pine
- new zealand white pine
- Norfolk Island pine
- northern pitch pine
- Nut pine
- oregon pine
- pine away
- Pine barren
- pine bluff
- Pine borer
- pine family
- pine fern
- Pine finch
- Pine grosbeak
- pine hyacinth
- pine knot
- pine leaf aphid
- pine lily
- Pine lizard
- Pine marten
- Pine moth
- Pine mouse
- Pine needle
- pine nut
- Pine oil
- pine sawyer
- pine siskin
- Pine snake
- pine spittlebug
- pine tar
- Pine tree
- pine tree state
- pine vole
- Pine weevil
- Pine wool
- pine-barren sandwort
- pine-clad
- Pine-needle wool
- pine-tar rag
- Pine-tree money
- pine-weed
- pinon pine
- Pitch pine
- pond pine
- ponderosa pine
- port jackson pine
- prickly pine
- Prince's pine
- princess pine
- red cypress pine
- Red pine
- rocky mountain bristlecone pine
- Rosemary pine
- running pine
- sabine pine
- Scotch pine
- scots pine
- Screw pine
- screw-pine family
- scrub pine
- shore pine
- short-leaf pine
- shortleaf pine
- shortleaf yellow pine
- sierra lodgepole pine
- silver pine
- single-leaf pine
- slash pine
- soledad pine
- southern yellow pine
- southwestern white pine
- spruce pine
- Stone pine
- stringybark pine
- Sugar pine
- swamp pine
- swiss mountain pine
- swiss pine
- swiss stone pine
- table-mountain pine
- tasman dwarf pine
- textile screw pine
- torrey pine
- torrey's pine
- true pine
- umbrella pine
- virginia pine
- western prince's pine
- western white pine
- western yellow pine
- westland pine
- weymouth pine
- white cypress pine
- White pine
- white pine blister rust
- white-pine rust
- whitebark pine
- whitebarked pine
- wollemi pine
- Yellow pine
- yellow-leaf sickle pine
alpine celery pine
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noun small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand
Phyllocladus alpinus.
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amboina pine
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noun native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin
Agathis dammara; amboina pine; Agathis alba.
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amboyna pine
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noun native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin
Agathis dammara; amboina pine; Agathis alba.
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american white pine
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noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
eastern white pine; American white pine; Pinus strobus.
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ancient pine
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noun small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops
Pinus longaeva.
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arolla pine
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noun large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
Swiss pine; cembra nut tree; Pinus cembra; arolla pine.
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australian pine
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noun common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood
Casuarina equisetfolia.
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bishop pine
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noun two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast
Pinus muricata; bishop pine.
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bishop's pine
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noun two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast
Pinus muricata; bishop pine.
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black cypress pine
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noun Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
Callitris endlicheri; Callitris calcarata; black cypress pine.
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black pine
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noun conifer of Australia and New Zealand
matai; Podocarpus spicata; Prumnopitys taxifolia.
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noun New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry
Podocarpus ferruginea; miro; Prumnopitys ferruginea.
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noun large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
Pinus thunbergii; black pine.
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noun tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine
Pinus jeffreyi; black pine; Jeffrey pine.
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noun large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe
Pinus nigra.
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bristlecone pine
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noun small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
Pinus aristata; bristlecone pine.
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brown pine
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noun large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
Podocarpus elatus; Rockingham podocarp.
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bull pine
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noun 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
Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa pine; ponderosa; bull pine.
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canadian red pine
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noun pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
Canadian red pine; Pinus resinosa.
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celery pine
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noun Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
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celery top pine
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noun medium tall celery pine of Tasmania
celery top pine; Phyllocladus asplenifolius.
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celery-topped pine
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noun medium tall celery pine of Tasmania
celery top pine; Phyllocladus asplenifolius.
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chile pine
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noun large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts
Araucaria araucana; monkey puzzle.
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common sickle pine
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noun small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
Falcatifolium falciforme.
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cypress pine
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noun any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
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Dammar pine
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noun any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
dammar pine.
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(Bot.) , a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis, ∨ Dammara, orientalis ), yielding dammar.
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douglas pine
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noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; douglas spruce.
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dundathu pine
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noun Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer
Agathis robusta; queensland kauri; smooth bark kauri.
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dwarf mountain pine
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noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
mountain pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; dwarf mountain pine; mugho pine.
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eastern white pine
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noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
eastern white pine; American white pine; Pinus strobus.
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european nut pine
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noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
stone pine; Pinus pinea; European nut pine.
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frankincense pine
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noun tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head
Pinus taeda; frankincense pine.
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georgia pine
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noun large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
Pinus palustris; Georgia pine; pitch pine; longleaf pine.
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grey-leaf pine
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noun medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
sabine pine; Torrey pine; Pinus torreyana; soledad pine; grey-leaf pine.
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Ground pine
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noun any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches
Christmas green.
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noun low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa
yellow bugle; Ajuga chamaepitys.
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(Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genusAjuga (A. Chamæpitys ), formerly included in the genusTeucrium or germander, and named from its resinous smell. Sir L. Hill.(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genusLycopodium (L. clavatum ); called alsoclub moss .(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum ) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. Gray.
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hickory pine
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noun a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
prickly pine; hickory pine; Pinus pungens.
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hoop pine
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noun pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
hoop pine; Araucaria cunninghamii.
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huon pine
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noun Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
Dacrydium franklinii; Lagarostrobus franklinii.
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imou pine
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noun tall New Zealand timber tree
rimu; Dacrydium cupressinum; imou pine.
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jack pine
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noun slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark
Pinus banksiana.
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japanese black pine
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noun large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
Pinus thunbergii; black pine.
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japanese red pine
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noun pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
Japanese red pine; Pinus densiflora.
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japanese table pine
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noun pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental
Japanese red pine; Pinus densiflora.
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japanese umbrella pine
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noun tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs
Sciadopitys verticillata.
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jeffrey pine
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noun tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine
Pinus jeffreyi; black pine; Jeffrey pine.
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jeffrey's pine
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noun tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine
Pinus jeffreyi; black pine; Jeffrey pine.
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jersey pine
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noun common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2
Jersey pine; scrub pine; Pinus virginiana.
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kauri pine
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noun any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
dammar pine.
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king william pine
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noun evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward
Athrotaxis selaginoides.
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knobcone pine
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noun medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone
Pinus attenuata.
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knotty pine
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noun pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture
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lambert pine
Lam"bert pine`
Etymology
So called fromDefinitions
(Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon ( Pinus Lambertiana ). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.
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limber pine
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noun western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark
Pinus flexilis.
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Loblolly pine
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noun tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head
Pinus taeda; frankincense pine.
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(Bot.) , a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda ). Also,P. Bahamensis , of the West Indies.
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lodgepole pine
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noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
shore pine; Pinus contorta; lodgepole; lodgepole pine.
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longleaf pine
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noun large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
Pinus palustris; Georgia pine; pitch pine; longleaf pine.
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mexican nut pine
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noun a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas
Mexican nut pine; Pinus cembroides.
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monterey pine
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noun tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark
Pinus radiata.
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moreton bay pine
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noun pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
hoop pine; Araucaria cunninghamii.
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mountain pine
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noun evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
Libocedrus bidwillii; pahautea.
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noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
Pinus monticola; silver pine; mountain pine.
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noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
mountain pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; dwarf mountain pine; mugho pine.
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mugho pine
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noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
mountain pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; dwarf mountain pine; mugho pine.
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mugo pine
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noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
mountain pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; dwarf mountain pine; mugho pine.
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new caledonian pine
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noun very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine
Araucaria columnaris.
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new zealand mountain pine
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noun New Zealand shrub
Halocarpus bidwilli; tarwood; Dacrydium bidwilli; tar-wood.
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new zealand white pine
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noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
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Norfolk Island pine
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noun evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific
Araucaria excelsa; Araucaria heterophylla.
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(Bot.) , a beautiful coniferous tree, theAraucaria excelsa .
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northern pitch pine
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noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
Pinus rigida; northern pitch pine.
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Nut pine
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noun any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds
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(Bot.) See underPine .
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oregon pine
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noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; douglas spruce.
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pine away
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verb lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
waste; languish.
- After her husband died, she just pined away
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Pine barren
- a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. Southern U.S.
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pine bluff
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noun a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River
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Pine borer
(Zoöl.) , any beetle whose larvæ bore into pine trees.
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pine family
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noun a family of Pinaceae
family Pinaceae; Pinaceae.
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pine fern
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noun fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
Anemia adiantifolia.
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Pine finch
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noun small finch of North American coniferous forests
Spinus pinus; pine finch.
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(Zoöl.) SeePinefinch , in the Vocabulary.
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Pine grosbeak
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noun large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds
Pinicola enucleator.
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(Zoöl.) , a large grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator ), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red.
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pine hyacinth
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noun erect clematis of Florida having pink to purple flowers
Clematis baldwinii; Viorna baldwinii.
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pine knot
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noun a joint of pine wood used for fuel
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pine leaf aphid
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noun a variety of adelgid
Pineus pinifoliae.
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pine lily
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noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
tiger lily; leopard lily; Lilium catesbaei.
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Pine lizard
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noun small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
eastern fence lizard; Sceloporus undulatus.
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(Zoöl.) , a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus ), native of the Middle States; called alsoswift ,brown scorpion , andalligator .
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Pine marten
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noun dark brown marten of northern Eurasian coniferous forests
Martes martes.
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(Zoöl.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes ), called alsosweet marten , andyellow-breasted marten .(b) The American sable. SeeSable .
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Pine moth
(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genusRetinia , whose larvæ burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage.
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Pine mouse
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noun short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
pine mouse; Pitymys pinetorum.
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(Zoöl.) , an American wild mouse (Arvicola pinetorum ), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests.
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Pine needle
(Bot.) , one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. SeePinus .
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pine nut
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noun edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
pignolia; pinon nut.
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Pine oil
- an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
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pine sawyer
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noun large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees
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pine siskin
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noun small finch of North American coniferous forests
Spinus pinus; pine finch.
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Pine snake
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noun any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened
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(Zoöl.) , a large harmless North American snake (Pituophis melanoleucus ). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called alsobull snake . The Western pine snake (P. Sayi ) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
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pine spittlebug
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noun North American insect that attacks pines
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pine tar
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noun a dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood
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Pine tree
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noun a coniferous tree
pine tree; pine.
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(Bot.) , a tree of the genusPinus ; pine.
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pine tree state
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noun a state in New England
ME; Maine.
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pine vole
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noun short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States
pine mouse; Pitymys pinetorum.
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Pine weevil
(Zoöl.) , any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvæ bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the generaPissodes ,Hylobius , etc.
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Pine wool
- a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; called also
pine-needle wool , andpine-wood wool .
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pine-barren sandwort
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noun deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States
Arenaria caroliniana; longroot.
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pine-clad
Pine"-clad`, Pine"-crowned` adjective
(Also<
- Pine-clad
- Pine-crowned
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Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, .pine-clad hills
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Pine-needle wool
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Pine wool (below).
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pine-tar rag
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noun baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip
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Pine-tree money
- money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree.
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pine-weed
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noun annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers
pineweed; Hypericum gentianoides; orange grass; nitweed.
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pinon pine
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noun a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas
Mexican nut pine; Pinus cembroides.
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Pitch pine
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noun large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
Pinus palustris; Georgia pine; pitch pine; longleaf pine.
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noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
Pinus rigida; northern pitch pine.
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(Bot.) , any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. thePinus rigida of North America.
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pond pine
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noun large three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine
Pinus serotina.
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ponderosa pine
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noun 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
Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa pine; ponderosa; bull pine.
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port jackson pine
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noun Australian cypress pine having globular cones
Callitris cupressiformis.
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prickly pine
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noun a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
prickly pine; hickory pine; Pinus pungens.
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Prince's pine
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noun any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
pipsissewa.
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(Bot.) SeePipsissewa .
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princess pine
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noun a variety of club moss
Lycopodium obscurum; tree clubmoss; ground fir.
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red cypress pine
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noun Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
Callitris endlicheri; Callitris calcarata; black cypress pine.
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Red pine
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noun tall New Zealand timber tree
rimu; Dacrydium cupressinum; imou pine.
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noun pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
Canadian red pine; Pinus resinosa.
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(Bot.) , an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa ); so named from its reddish bark.
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rocky mountain bristlecone pine
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noun small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
Pinus aristata; bristlecone pine.
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Rosemary pine
- the loblolly pine. See under
Loblolly .
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running pine
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noun a variety of club moss
Lycopodium clavitum.
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sabine pine
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noun medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
sabine pine; Torrey pine; Pinus torreyana; soledad pine; grey-leaf pine.
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Scotch pine
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noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
Scotch fir; Scotch pine; Pinus sylvestris.
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(Bot.) SeeRiga fir .
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scots pine
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noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
Scotch fir; Scotch pine; Pinus sylvestris.
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Screw pine
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noun any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
pandanus.
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(Bot.) , any plant of the endogenous genusPandanus , of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves.
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screw-pine family
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noun family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
family Pandanaceae; Pandanaceae.
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scrub pine
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noun common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2
Jersey pine; scrub pine; Pinus virginiana.
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shore pine
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noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
shore pine; Pinus contorta; lodgepole; lodgepole pine.
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short-leaf pine
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noun large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
shortleaf pine; Pinus echinata; short-leaf pine.
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shortleaf pine
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noun large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
shortleaf pine; Pinus echinata; short-leaf pine.
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shortleaf yellow pine
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noun large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
shortleaf pine; Pinus echinata; short-leaf pine.
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sierra lodgepole pine
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noun tall subspecies of lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta murrayana.
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silver pine
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noun timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
Lagarostrobus colensoi; silver pine.
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noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
Pinus monticola; silver pine; mountain pine.
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single-leaf pine
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noun pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine
single-leaf pinyon; Pinus monophylla; single-leaf.
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slash pine
Slash" pine"
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(Bot.) A kind of pine tree ( Pinus Cubensis ) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in "slashes."
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soledad pine
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noun medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
sabine pine; Torrey pine; Pinus torreyana; soledad pine; grey-leaf pine.
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southern yellow pine
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noun large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
Pinus palustris; Georgia pine; pitch pine; longleaf pine.
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southwestern white pine
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noun medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature
Pinus strobiformis.
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spruce pine
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noun common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
Tsuga canadensis; eastern hemlock; Canadian hemlock.
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noun small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
black spruce; Picea mariana.
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noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
shore pine; Pinus contorta; lodgepole; lodgepole pine.
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noun large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
Pinus glabra.
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Stone pine
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noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
stone pine; Pinus pinea; European nut pine.
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(Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note underPine , andPiñon .
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stringybark pine
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noun Australian cypress pine with fibrous inner bark
Callitris parlatorei.
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Sugar pine
(Bot.) , an immense coniferous tree (Pinus Lambertiana ) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar.
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swamp pine
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noun any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine
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swiss mountain pine
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noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
mountain pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; dwarf mountain pine; mugho pine.
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swiss pine
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noun large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
Swiss pine; cembra nut tree; Pinus cembra; arolla pine.
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swiss stone pine
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noun large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
Swiss pine; cembra nut tree; Pinus cembra; arolla pine.
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table-mountain pine
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noun a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
prickly pine; hickory pine; Pinus pungens.
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tasman dwarf pine
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noun small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
Microstrobos niphophilus.
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textile screw pine
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noun Polynesian screw pine
lauhala; Pandanus tectorius.
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torrey pine
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noun medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
sabine pine; Torrey pine; Pinus torreyana; soledad pine; grey-leaf pine.
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torrey's pine
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noun medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
sabine pine; Torrey pine; Pinus torreyana; soledad pine; grey-leaf pine.
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true pine
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noun a coniferous tree
pine tree; pine.
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umbrella pine
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noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
stone pine; Pinus pinea; European nut pine.
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virginia pine
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noun common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2
Jersey pine; scrub pine; Pinus virginiana.
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western prince's pine
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noun Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb
Chimaphila umbellata; love-in-winter; Chimaphila corymbosa.
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western white pine
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noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
Pinus monticola; silver pine; mountain pine.
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western yellow pine
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noun 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
Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa pine; ponderosa; bull pine.
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westland pine
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noun timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
Lagarostrobus colensoi; silver pine.
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weymouth pine
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noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
eastern white pine; American white pine; Pinus strobus.
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white cypress pine
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noun small tree or shrub of southern Australia
Callitris glauca; Callitris glaucophylla.
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White pine
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noun any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine
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noun soft white wood of white pine trees
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(Bot.) See the Note underPine .
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white pine blister rust
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noun any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
blister rust; white pine blister rust.
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white-pine rust
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noun any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
blister rust; white pine blister rust.
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whitebark pine
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noun small pine of western North America; having smooth grey-white bark and soft brittle wood; similar to limber pine
whitebark pine; Pinus albicaulis.
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whitebarked pine
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noun small pine of western North America; having smooth grey-white bark and soft brittle wood; similar to limber pine
whitebark pine; Pinus albicaulis.
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wollemi pine
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noun newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
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Yellow pine
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noun any of various pines having yellow wood
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noun hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine
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(Bot.) , any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species arePinus mitis andP. palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, andP. ponderosa andP. Arizonica of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States.
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yellow-leaf sickle pine
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noun a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
Falcatifolium taxoides.