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PITCH PINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine

Synonyms:

northern pitch pine; Pinus rigida; pitch pine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

yellow pine (any of various pines having yellow wood)

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