shortleaf pine

noun
short·​leaf pine | \ ˈshȯrt-ˌlēf- How to pronounce shortleaf pine (audio) \

Definition of shortleaf pine

: a pine (Pinus echinata) chiefly of the southeastern U.S. that has short flexible needles usually in clusters of two and reddish-brown bark also : its yellow wood

Examples of shortleaf pine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Of 86 species tracked in both inventories, including the shortleaf pine, black ash, sassafras and silver maples, 73 percent shifted westward, and 62 percent shifted northward. Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, "American Trees are Shifting West," 18 May 2017

First Known Use of shortleaf pine

1796, in the meaning defined above

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