BRISTLECONE PINE


Meaning of BRISTLECONE PINE in English

a pine, Pinus aristata, of the southwestern U.S., bearing short needles crowded into long, thick bundles and cones having scales tipped with a slender, curved spine. Also called hickory pine .

[ 1890-95, Amer.; BRISTLE + CONE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .