bull pine

Meanings

nounbull pine (plural bull pines)

A common name for several species of North American yellow pine trees:
1. Gray pine (Pinus sabiniana).
2. Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi).
3. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda).
4. Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa).
5. Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata).
6. Slash pine (Pinus elliottii).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncommon and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

Broader

yellow pine

Also see

ponderosa ponderosa pine western yellow pine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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