bristlecone pine

noun

Any of certain small, slow-growing pine trees found in the western United States, of three species in Pinus subsect. Balfourianae, some of which are over 4,000 years old.

Similar
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pinePinus aristata
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Meanings

nounbristlecone pine (plural bristlecone pines)

plural bristlecone pines

  1. Any of certain small, slow-growing pine trees found in the western United States, of three species in Pinus subsect. Balfourianae, some of which are over 4,000 years old.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

Similar
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pinePinus aristata
Broader
pinepine treetrue pine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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