black pine
English
Noun
black pine (countable and uncountable, plural black pines)
- A pine tree, genus Pinus, of darker foliage than most other species:
- European black pine (Pinus nigra);
- Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii);
- Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), principally of California.
- Other similar conifers:
- Matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia), a New Zealand conifer;
- Miro (Pectinopitys ferruginea), also a New Zealand conifer.
- (uncountable) The wood of such trees
- (uncountable) Neorhodomela larix, a species of red algae found in intertidal areas of the North Pacific
Synonyms
- (Pinus nigra): Austrian pine
References
black pine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pinus thunbergii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pinus jeffreyi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhodomelaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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