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Pitch pine   /pɪtʃ paɪn/   Listen
Pitch pine

noun
1.
Large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree.  Synonyms: Georgia pine, longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, southern yellow pine.
2.
Large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine.  Synonyms: northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida.






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"Pitch pine" Quotes from Famous Books



... into a little Spanish port for coal, and they made us fast to an old wooden hulk in the harbour. As we came round her stern I was leaning over the side and I saw the brass letters still on her square counter, Eastern Star, St. John, New Brunswick. That was one of my father's finest models. Pitch pine he made her of, and she's beautiful yet, for all her disgrace. I climbed aboard of her while the Corcubion women were trotting to and fro with the coal baskets, and looked round the poop. There was the cuddy as good as ever, teak frames, maple panels, ...
— Aliens • William McFee

... the top part, which is most exposed to the wind, is much smaller and more pliable than the part next the bottom. The gum, or resinous covering, of the buds protects them from injury by rain or snow. Some kinds of pine, such as the pitch pine, have a great abundance of gum and turpentine. Resin and pine tar are made chiefly from this species. Heat a piece of pine wood—a knot or root is best. The gum will be seen oozing out of the wood. Pine torches were much used in the early days ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education



Words linked to "Pitch pine" :   yellow pine, longleaf pine, pine tree, true pine, pine



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