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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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longleaf pine [ˈlɒŋˌliːf]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American pine tree, Pinus palustris, with long needle-like leaves and orange-brown bark: the most important timber tree of the southeastern US

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Noun

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longleaf 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