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BROWN PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brown pine mean? 

BROWN PINE (noun)
  The noun BROWN PINE has 1 sense:

1. large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposureplay

  Familiarity information: BROWN PINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROWN PINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brown pine; Podocarpus elatus; Rockingham podocarp

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

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

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

genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus (evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae)


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