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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An eastern North American pine tree (Pinus rigida) having needles grouped in fascicles of three, formerly used as a source of pitch or turpentine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
pine trees from whichpitch can be obtain, or which have veryresinous wood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
- noun 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
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