lodgepole pine

noun

A pine tree native to northwest America, Pinus contorta.

Similar
shore pinelodgepolespruce pinePinus contorta
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Meanings

nounlodgepole pine (countable and uncountable, plural lodgepole pines)

plural lodgepole pines

  1. countableuncountableA pine tree native to northwest America, Pinus contorta.

    I was there early in the season, when the snow still lay in thick drifts and steam wreathed through the lodgepole pines from the least thermal outlet.

    2011, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, page ix

Synonyms & antonyms

nounshrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares

Similar
shore pinelodgepolespruce pinePinus contorta
Broader
pinepine treetrue pine
Also see
lodgepoleshore pinespruce pine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish kontortamänty
  • kontortamäntyPinus contorta
French pin tordu
  • pin torduPinus contorta
German Küsten-Kiefer
  • Küsten-KieferPinus contorta
Cite this entry
APA

lodgepole pine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lodgepole%20pine

MLA

“lodgepole pine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lodgepole%20pine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lodgepole pine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lodgepole%20pine.

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