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• Pitch Pine — Taxobox name = Pitch Pine status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales familia = Pinaceae genus = Pinus subgenus = Pinus species = P. rigida binomial = Pinus… …   Wikipedia

• Pitch pine — Pitch Pitch, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pitch pine — pitch ,pine noun 1. ) count a type of North American PINE tree that produces TURPENTINE 2. ) uncount the wood of a pitch pine …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pitch pine — ☆ pitch pine n. any of several resinous pines yielding pitch or turpentine, esp. a pine (Pinus rigida) of the E U.S …   English World dictionary

• pitch pine — n [U and C] a type of ↑pine tree that grows in North America, or the wood from this tree …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pitch pine — UK / US noun Word forms pitch pine : singular pitch pine plural pitch pines 1) [countable] a type of North American pine tree that produces turpentine 2) [uncountable] the wood of a pitch pine …   English dictionary

• 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 • Syn: ↑longleaf pine, ↑southern yellow pine, ↑Georgia pine, ↑Pinus… …   Useful english dictionary

• pitch pine — noun Date: 1676 1. any of several pines that yield pitch; especially a 3 leaved pine (Pinus rigida) of eastern North America 2. the wood of a pitch pine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• northern pitch pine — noun large three needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine • Syn: ↑pitch pine, ↑Pinus rigida • Hypernyms: ↑pine, ↑pine tree, ↑true pine …   Useful english dictionary

• pitch pine — noun (C, U) a type of pinetree that grows in North America, or the wood from this tree …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Pine Barrens (New Jersey) — This article is about New Jersey ecosystem. For other uses, see Pine Barrens (disambiguation). View north from a fire tower on Apple Pie Hill, the highest point in the New Jersey Pine Barrens …   Wikipedia