- black pine
- noun1. conifer of Australia and New Zealand• Syn: ↑matai, ↑Prumnopitys taxifolia, ↑Podocarpus spicata• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Prumnopitys, ↑genus Prumnopitys2. New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry• Syn: ↑miro, ↑Prumnopitys ferruginea, ↑Podocarpus ferruginea• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Prumnopitys, ↑genus Prumnopitys3. large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog• Syn: ↑Japanese black pine, ↑Pinus thunbergii4. tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine• Syn: ↑Jeffrey pine, ↑Jeffrey's pine, ↑Pinus jeffreyi5. large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe• Syn: ↑Pinus nigra
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noun1. : any of several American pines having dark-colored bark: asa. : loblolly 3b. : lodgepole pine bc. : jeffrey pined. : pond pinee. : jack pine 12.a. : austrian pineb. : corsican pinea. : either of two podocarps of New Zealand (Podocarpus ferruginea and P. spicata)b. : black cypress pinec. : camphorwood 24. : japanese black pine
Useful english dictionary. 2012.