whitebark

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noun

The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.

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Meanings

nounwhitebark (plural whitebarks)

plural whitebarks

  1. The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.

    But the seeds of the whitebark pine, the pine nuts, feed Clark’s nutcracker birds; red squirrels, which store the nuts underground; and grizzly bears.

    2007 January 30, Charles Petit, “In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It”, in New York Times

Origin

From white + bark.

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

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitebark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitebark.

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