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longleaf pine

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long·leaf pine  (lônglf, lng-)
n.
An evergreen tree (Pinus palustris) of the southeast United States, having long needles and heavy, tough, resinous wood valued as a source of timber, pulp, and turpentine. Also called yellow pine; also called regionally fat pine.
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Noun1.longleaf pinelongleaf pine - 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
Georgia pine, Pinus palustris, pitch pine, southern yellow pine
yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood


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