foxtail pine

foxtail pine
noun
: any of several American pines with a dense head of foliage: as
a. : a moderate to large pine (Pinus balfouriana) of upland western No. America that is initially pyramidal but becomes irregular and open with age and that has stiff crowded persistent leaves, short-stalked dark brown pendulous cones, and bark initially milk white but becoming reddish brown and deeply fissured with age

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foxtail pine,
an evergreen tree or shrub with long, curving prickles on its cones; bristlecone pine.

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