BLACK PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black pine mean? 

• BLACK PINE (noun)
  The noun BLACK PINE has 5 senses:

1. conifer of Australia and New Zealand

2. New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

3. large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog

4. 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

5. large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe

  Familiarity information: BLACK PINE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK PINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conifer of Australia and New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black pine; matai; Podocarpus spicata; Prumnopitys taxifolia

Hypernyms ("black pine" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("black pine" is a member of...):

genus Prumnopitys; Prumnopitys (mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black pine; miro; Podocarpus ferruginea; Prumnopitys ferruginea

Hypernyms ("black pine" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("black pine" is a member of...):

genus Prumnopitys; Prumnopitys (mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black pine; Japanese black pine; Pinus thunbergii

Hypernyms ("black pine" is a kind of...):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black pine; Jeffrey's pine; Jeffrey pine; Pinus jeffreyi

Hypernyms ("black pine" is a kind of...):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black pine; Pinus nigra

Hypernyms ("black pine" is a kind of...):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)