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RED PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red pine mean? 

RED PINE (noun)
  The noun RED PINE has 2 senses:

1. tall New Zealand timber treeplay

2. pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish barkplay

  Familiarity information: RED PINE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED PINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall New Zealand timber tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dacrydium cupressinum; imou pine; red pine; rimu

Hypernyms ("red pine" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("red pine" is a member of...):

Dacrydium; genus Dacrydium (Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canadian red pine; Pinus resinosa; red pine

Hypernyms ("red pine" is a kind of...):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)


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