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AMERICAN WHITE PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American white pine mean?
• AMERICAN WHITE PINE (noun)
The noun AMERICAN WHITE PINE has 1 sense:
1. tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
Familiarity information: AMERICAN WHITE PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American white pine; eastern white pine; Pinus strobus; weymouth pine
Hypernyms ("American white pine" is a kind of...):
white pine (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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