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bristlecone pine
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bris·tle·cone pine  (brsl-kn)
n.
Either of two small slow-growing pines (Pinus aristata or P. longaeva) found at higher elevations of the western United States, having needles in fascicles of five. Specimens of P. longaeva in the Sierra Nevada are the oldest known living trees, achieving ages well over 4,000 years.
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Noun1.bristlecone pinebristlecone pine - small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
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These include intermountain and Colorado bristlecone pines, redbay, silkbay, swampbay, pignut hickory, Alaska paper birch, and 14 varieties of oak (all current varieties in the Register except Bigelow and Durand oaks).
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In a mile and a half, the trail reaches a plateau occupied by a curious-looking lot of trees, the bristlecone pines.
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The comparison between these two species is not exact, however, since the oldest bristlecone pines grow only at high elevations in an arid desert, notes Thomas P.
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