white pine

noun

1
a
: a tall-growing pine (Pinus strobus) of eastern North America with long needles in clusters of five

called also eastern white pine

b
: any of several pines that resemble the white pine especially in having needles in bundles of five
2
: the wood of a white pine and especially of the eastern white pine

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These include rooms of yellow pine, white pine, red fir and red cedar. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025 Evergreens in this forest also include white pine and white spruce. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024 Similar patterns follow after European contact: When settlers felled northern Wisconsin’s white pine forests, tribes like the Menominee turned to trees such as hemlock and butternut. Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024 Some like the long, graceful, and wispy needles of white pine (Pinus strobus) while others are all about the firs — the true firs (Abies species) with their stout, glossy, and fragrant needles. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for white pine 

Word History

First Known Use

1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of white pine was in 1682

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“White pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20pine. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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white pine

noun
: a tall-growing pine of eastern North America with long needles in clusters of five
also : its wood

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