Pitch-pine Synonyms

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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. longleaf-pine
  2. southern-yellow-pine
  3. Georgia pine
  4. pinus-palustris
Large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. northern pitch pine
  2. Pinus rigida

Pitch-pine Sentence Examples

  • The young trees require protection from storms and late frosts even more than in England; the red pine of the north-eastern states, Pinus resinosa, answers well as a nurse, but the pitch pine and other species may be employed.

  • The pitch pine (Pinus rigida) is a native of Canada and is common throughout the United States of America.

  • The three-leaved group includes several of the most valuable trees of America; among them is P. rigida, the pitch pine of the northern states, a tree of from 40 to 50 ft.

  • The wood is very hard and abounds with resin, but on swampy land is of inferior quality and of little value except for fuel, for which the pitch-pine is highly prized; on drier ground the grain is fine from the numerous knots.

  • The original forest has been entirely removed, but a young growth of the same tree species, chiefly pitch pine with a variety of oaks, replaces it.

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