LONGLEAF PINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Georgia pine; longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; pitch pine; southern yellow pine

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("longleaf pine" is a kind of...):

yellow pine (any of various pines having yellow wood)

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