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MOUNTAIN PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain pine mean?
• MOUNTAIN PINE (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN PINE has 3 senses:
1. evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
2. tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
3. low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN PINE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Libocedrus bidwillii; mountain pine; pahautea
Hypernyms ("mountain pine" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("mountain pine" is a member of...):
genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus (cypresses that resemble cedars)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mountain pine; Pinus monticola; silver pine; western white pine
Hypernyms ("mountain 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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dwarf mountain pine; mountain pine; mugho pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; Swiss mountain pine
Hypernyms ("mountain pine" is a kind of...):
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