Other Definitions pine (enc)
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Pine| Noun | 1. | pine - a coniferous treepine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus pinon, pinyon - any of several low-growing pines of western North America Pinus serotina, pond pine - large 3-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine ancient pine, Pinus longaeva - small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semi-desert mountain tops white pine - any of several 5-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light gray bark when young; especially the eastern white pine Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pine - tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine jack pine, Pinus banksiana - slender medium-sized 2-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly gray to red-brown fissured bark swamp pine - any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine Monterey pine, Pinus radiata - tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine - small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old knobcone pine, Pinus attenuata - medium-sized 3-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone | | | 2. | pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinusknotty pine - pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees | | | Verb | 1. | pine - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" | |
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