Meanings
plural shortleaf pines
- Any member of the species Pinus echinata of tall-growing conifers of the southeastern US, from eastern Texas and Oklahoma to southern New Jersey, excluding the Florida peninsula.
Synonyms: yellow pine, shortstraw pine, Arkansas pine, rosemary pine, long-tag pine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Pinus echinata of tall-growing conifers of the southeastern US, from eastern Texas and Oklahoma to southern New Jersey, excluding the Florida peninsula.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
shortleaf pine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortleaf%20pine
“shortleaf pine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortleaf%20pine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shortleaf pine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortleaf%20pine.
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