noun
medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
• Syn: ↑Torrey's pine, ↑soledad pine, ↑grey-leaf pine, ↑sabine pine, ↑Pinus torreyana
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\\ˈtȯrē-\ noun or torrey's pineUsage: usually capitalized T
Etymology: after John Torrey died 1873
: a tall coniferous tree (Pinus torreyana) of California with dark green needles in fives and long cylindrical cones — called also gray-leaf pine, Sabine pine, Soledad pine
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/tawr"ee, tor"ee/
a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.
[1885-90, Amer.; after J. TORREY]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.