LONGLEAF PINE


Meaning of LONGLEAF PINE in English

noun

also long-leaved pine ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-

1. : a large pine ( Pinus palustris ) of the southern United States that has very long dark green leaves, long cones, thin orange-brown bark, and gnarled twisted limbs and that is an important timber tree and the chief New World source of naval stores — called also Georgia pine

2. : the rather heavy tough coarse-grained reddish orange wood of the longleaf pine — called also southern pine

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