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Mountain pine   /mˈaʊntən paɪn/   Listen
Mountain pine

noun
1.
Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.  Synonyms: Libocedrus bidwillii, pahautea.
2.
Tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature.  Synonyms: Pinus monticola, silver pine, western white pine.
3.
Low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two.  Synonyms: dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine.



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... black pine is a native of Southern Europe, growing all the way from Southern Spain to the Taurus Mountains in Asia Minor. In its native habitat it has become accustomed to the hot winds that often sweep across the Mediteranean, the burning sirocco of the Great Sahara. The dwarf mountain pine, Pinus Montana, grows in the Pyrenees, in the Alps, in the Carpathians and in the Balkan Mountains, so that it, too, often encounters the hot winds that come across from the African deserts. It is probable that the ability ...
— Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 • Various
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Words linked to "Mountain pine" :   Pinus mugo, mugho pine, genus Libocedrus, pine, cedar tree, true pine, cedar, Libocedrus, pine tree, white pine


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