Murray pine

noun

1

: lodgepole pine sense b

2

or murray river pine : a spreading Australian cypress pine (Callitris glauca) with dark green foliage

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1 after Andrew Murray †1878 Scottish naturalist; in sense 2 from Murray river

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