pine needle

noun

An adult leaf of an adult pine tree.

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Meanings

nounpine needle (plural pine needles)

plural pine needles

  1. An adult leaf of an adult pine tree.

    These he held aside, ushering her into a dark sanctuary resinously scented and thickly carpeted with pine needles.

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 148

    Synonyms: needle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn adult leaf of an adult pine tree.

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needle

Translations

Catalan pinassa
  • pinassaleaf of a pine tree
Chinese Mandarin 松針 /松针
  • 松針 /松针 (sōngzhēn)leaf of a pine tree
Esperanto pinpinglo
  • pinpingloleaf of a pine tree
Finnish männynneulanen
  • männynneulanenleaf of a pine tree
German Kiefernnadel
  • Kiefernnadelleaf of a pine tree
Hungarian tűlevél
  • tűlevélleaf of a pine tree
Irish spíonlach giúise
  • spíonlach giúiseleaf of a pine tree
Italian ago di pino
  • ago di pinoleaf of a pine tree
Japanese 松葉
  • 松葉 (matsuba)leaf of a pine tree
Korean 솔잎, 송엽
  • 솔잎 (sollip)leaf of a pine tree
  • 송엽 (song'yeop)leaf of a pine tree
Polish igła sosnowa
  • igła sosnowaleaf of a pine tree
Portuguese caruma
  • carumaleaf of a pine tree
Russian хво́я, хвои́нка
  • хво́я (xvója)leaf of a pine tree
  • хвои́нка (xvoínka)leaf of a pine tree
Spanish pinocha, pinaza
  • pinochaleaf of a pine tree
  • pinazaleaf of a pine tree
  • aljumaleaf of a pine tree
Swedish tallbarr
  • tallbarrleaf of a pine tree
Welsh nodwydd pinwydden
  • nodwydd pinwyddenleaf of a pine tree
Cite this entry
APA

pine needle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20needle

MLA

“pine needle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20needle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pine needle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20needle.

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