Meanings
plural black pines
- A pine tree, genus Pinus, of darker foliage than most other species:
- Other similar conifers:
- countableuncountableMatai (Prumnopitys taxifolia), a New Zealand conifer;
- countableuncountableMiro (Pectinopitys ferruginea), also a New Zealand conifer.
- uncountableWood of such trees
- uncountableA certain red alga, of species Neorhodomela larix, found in intertidal areas of the North Pacific.
Synonyms & antonyms
Pinus nigra
nounNew Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry
nounlarge Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
nountall 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
nounlarge two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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