PITCH PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitch pine mean? 

• PITCH PINE (noun)
  The noun PITCH PINE has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine

  Familiarity information: PITCH PINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITCH PINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Georgia pine; longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; pitch pine; southern yellow pine

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

yellow pine (any of various pines having yellow wood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

northern pitch pine; Pinus rigida; pitch pine

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

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