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red pine
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red pine
n.
An evergreen timber tree (Pinus resinosa) of northeast North America, having long flexible glossy leaves grouped in fascicles of two. Also called Norway pine.

red pine
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a coniferous tree, Dacrydium cupressinum, of New Zealand, having narrow sharp pointed leaves: family Podocarpaceae Also called rimu
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Noun1.red pine - tall New Zealand timber treered pine - tall New Zealand timber tree        
Dacrydium, genus Dacrydium - Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs
conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
2.red pine - pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish barkred pine - pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2003 Dan Pubanz, then a consulting forester with Clark Forestry, concluded that many of the red pines were at a critical stage, stressed by intense competition for sunlight, water, and soil nutrients.
Expert system homes in on forest foes Two scientists have developed computer software to recognize certain signs, symptoms and circumstances suggestive of pest infestation of red pines in order to diagnose which of 28 forest pests are responsible for the damage.
Long after we two have rounded the final bend in our lifestream, our former sanctuary will be graced with a lofty row of red pines, crowns aspiring toward greater heights, orange-tinged trunks gleaming in sunlight, long-needled boughs swaying in soothing windsong.
 
 
 
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