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pitch pine

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pitch pine
n.
An eastern North American pine tree (Pinus rigida) that yields pitch or turpentine.

pitch pine
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, esp P. rigida, of North America, having red-brown bark and long lustrous light brown cones: valued as a source of turpentine and pitch
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees
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Noun1.pitch pinepitch 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
yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood
2.pitch pinepitch pine - large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
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pitch pine npitch pine m


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