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PRICKLY PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly pine mean?
• PRICKLY PINE (noun)
The noun PRICKLY PINE has 1 sense:
1. a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
Familiarity information: PRICKLY PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hickory pine; Pinus pungens; prickly pine; table-mountain pine
Hypernyms ("prickly pine" is a kind of...):
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