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BROWN PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brown pine mean?
• BROWN PINE (noun)
The noun BROWN PINE has 1 sense:
1. large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
Familiarity information: BROWN PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
brown pine; Podocarpus elatus; Rockingham podocarp
Hypernyms ("brown pine" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Holonyms ("brown pine" is a member of...):
genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus (evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae)
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