[pon.der.o.sa pine] n [NL ponderosa, specific epithet of Pinus ponderosa, fr. L, fem. of ponderosus ponderous] (1878): a tall pine (Pinus ponderosa) of western No. America with long needles usu. in groups of
2. or 3; also: its strong reddish straight-grained wood--called also ponderosa