pine

pine¹ (p

1. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody, seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.

2. Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.

3. The wood of any of these trees.

[Middle English, from Old English pn- (as in pntrow, pine tree), from Latin pnus; see pei- in Indo-European roots.]

pine ¹

Noun

1. an evergreen tree with long needle-shaped leaves and brown cones

2. the light-coloured wood of this tree [Latin pinus]

pine ²

Verb

[pining, pined]

1. (often foll. by for)to feel great longing (for)

2. (often foll. by away)to become ill or thin through grief or longing [Old English pīnian to torture]

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Noun	1.	pine - a coniferous tree pine tree, true pine genus Pinus, Pinus - type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus pinon, pinyon - any of several low-growing pines of western North America Pinus glabra, spruce pine - large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood Pinus nigra, black pine - large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida, pitch pine - large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine Pinus serotina, pond pine - large three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine European nut pine, Pinus pinea, stone pine, umbrella pine - medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds arolla pine, cembra nut tree, Pinus cembra, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine - large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine - low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two ancient pine, Pinus longaeva - small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops white pine - any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pine - tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, shore pine, spruce pine - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares Pinus contorta murrayana, Sierra lodgepole pine - tall subspecies of lodgepole pine frankincense pine, loblolly pine, Pinus taeda - tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head jack pine, Pinus banksiana - slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark swamp pine - any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine Canadian red pine, Pinus resinosa, red pine - pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark Pinus sylvestris, Scotch fir, Scotch pine, Scots pine - medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, scrub pine, Virginia pine - common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2 Monterey pine, Pinus radiata - tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone 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 hickory pine, Pinus pungens, prickly pine, table-mountain pine - a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales knobcone pine, Pinus attenuata - medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone
	2.	pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree knotty pine - pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture white pine - soft white wood of white pine trees yellow pine - hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Verb	1.	pine - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" yen, ache, languish, yearn die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently