PONDEROSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ponderosa mean? 

• PONDEROSA (noun)
  The noun PONDEROSA has 1 sense:

1. common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

  Familiarity information: PONDEROSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONDEROSA (noun)

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Meaning:

Common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bull pine; Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa; ponderosa pine; western yellow pine

Hypernyms ("ponderosa" is a kind of...):

yellow pine (any of various pines having yellow wood)