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Huon pine
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Huon pine [ˈhjuːɒn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Tasmanian coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, with scalelike leaves and cup-shaped berry-like fruits: family Podocarpaceae. It is among the oldest living individual plants, thought to be up to 10 000 years old
[named after the Huon River, Tasmania]
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Noun1.huon pine - Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
Dacrydium franklinii, Lagarostrobus franklinii
genus Lagarostrobus, Lagarostrobus - genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium
conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones


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