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

Examples of white pine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

white pine

noun

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

also : its wood