white pine

1. A timber tree (Pinus strobus) of eastern North America, having needles in clusters of five and durable, easily worked wood.

2. Any of several other pines having needles in clusters of five, especially P. monticola of western North America.

3. The wood of certain of these trees, especially P. strobus.

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white pine

1. (Plants) a North American coniferous tree, Pinus strobus, having blue-green needle-like leaves, hanging brown cones, and rough bark: family Pinaceae

2. (Forestry) the light-coloured wood of this tree, much used commercially

3. (Plants) another name for kahikatea

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white′ pine′

1. a large irregularly branched pine, Pinus strobus, of E North America with a gray bark.

2. the soft light-colored wood of this pine.

3. any of various other similar species of pine.

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Noun	1.	white pine - any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree white pine - soft white wood of white pine trees American white pine, eastern white pine, Pinus strobus, weymouth pine - tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree Pinus monticola, western white pine, mountain pine, silver pine - tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature Pinus strobiformis, southwestern white pine - medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature limber pine, Pinus flexilis - western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark Pinus albicaulis, whitebark pine, whitebarked pine - small pine of western North America; having smooth grey-white bark and soft brittle wood; similar to limber pine
	2.	white pine - soft white wood of white pine trees pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus white pine - any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine