LODGEPOLE PINE

noun Date: 1859 any of several pines of western North America with needles in pairs and short ovoid usually asymmetric cones: as, a small chiefly coastal pine ( Pinus contorta var. contorta ) with thick deeply furrowed bark and hard strong coarse-grained medium-light wood, a tall straight pine ( P. contorta var. latifolia ) with thin and little furrowed bark and soft weak fine-grained lightweight wood