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black pine

noun

1. conifer of Australia and New Zealand

• Syn: ↑matai, ↑Prumnopitys taxifolia, ↑Podocarpus spicata

• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Prumnopitys, ↑genus Prumnopitys

2. New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

• Syn: ↑miro, ↑Prumnopitys ferruginea, ↑Podocarpus ferruginea

• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Prumnopitys, ↑genus Prumnopitys

3. large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog

• Syn: ↑Japanese black pine, ↑Pinus thunbergii

• Hypernyms: ↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑true pine

4. tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine

• Syn: ↑Jeffrey pine, ↑Jeffrey's pine, ↑Pinus jeffreyi

• Hypernyms: ↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑true pine

5. large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe

• Syn: ↑Pinus nigra

• Hypernyms: ↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑true pine

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noun

1. : any of several American pines having dark-colored bark: as

a. : loblolly 3

b. : lodgepole pine b

c. : jeffrey pine

d. : pond pine

e. : jack pine 1

2.

a. : austrian pine

b. : corsican pine

3. Australia : any of several coniferous trees: as

a. : either of two podocarps of New Zealand (Podocarpus ferruginea and P. spicata)

b. : black cypress pine

c. : camphorwood 2

4. : japanese black pine

Useful english dictionary. 2012.