mountain pine

noun

1. low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two

• Syn: ↑Swiss mountain pine, ↑dwarf mountain pine, ↑mugho pine, ↑mugo pine, ↑Pinus mugo

• Hypernyms: ↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑true pine

2. evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka

• Syn: ↑pahautea, ↑Libocedrus bidwillii

• Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Libocedrus, ↑genus Libocedrus

3. tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature

• Syn: ↑western white pine, ↑silver pine, ↑Pinus monticola

• Hypernyms: ↑white pine

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noun

1.

a. : any of several pines of the United States; especially : a tall western timber tree (Pinus monticola) resembling the white pine

b.

(1) : swiss mountain pine

(2) : mugho pine

2. : any of several Australian upland cypress pines (as black cypress pine or white cypress pine)

3. : either of two New Zealand trees:

a. : a tree of the genus Dacrydium having tough wood and foliage that resembles cedar

b. : an evergreen tree (Libocedrus bidwillii) resembling the kawaka — called also kaikawaka