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Huon pine [ˈhjuːɒn]

(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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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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