PINE

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys ~ Date: before 12th century any of a genus ( Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the ~ family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals, the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a ~ varying from extreme softness in the white ~ to hardness in the longleaf ~, any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria ), ~apple , bench 1c, ~y also piny adjective II. intransitive verb (~d; pining) see: pain Date: 14th century to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) ; languish , to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable , see: long