Definition of Japanese red pine

1. Noun. Pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental.

Exact synonyms: Japanese Table Pine, Pinus Densiflora
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Red Pine

Japanese maple
Japanese medlar
Japanese millet
Japanese monetary unit
Japanese morning glory
Japanese oak
Japanese oyster
Japanese pagoda tree
Japanese persimmon
Japanese pink
Japanese plum
Japanese poinsettia
Japanese privet
Japanese quince
Japanese radish
Japanese red pine
Japanese river fever
Japanese rose
Japanese sea lion
Japanese slipper
Japanese snowbell
Japanese spaniel
Japanese spitz
Japanese spitzes
Japanese spurge
Japanese stranglehold
Japanese sumac
Japanese table pine
Japanese tree lilac
Japanese umbrella pine

Literary usage of Japanese red pine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... south European seaboard, and like the Corsican pine is used for shore-planting extensively in southern England along the coast The japanese red pine (P. ..."

2. Ecology & Management of the Commerically Harvested American Matsutake Mushroom by David Hosford, David Pilz, Randy Molina, Michael Amaranthus (1997)
"The first is the principle Asian species and grows widely in Japanese red pine (known as "aka-matsu") forests throughout Japan, South Korea, North Korea, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The japanese red pine {P. densiflora) and Japanese black pine (P. thunbergi) are the two principal Japanese and North China species. ..."

4. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1921)
"... Chinese arborvitae, japanese red pine, Japanese black pine, and Himalayan white pine. Twenty-five additional species were planted in spring of 1919. ..."

5. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Soil moisture holding capacity was lower within the fairy ring, creating an environment unsuitable for the growth of japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora). ..."

6. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"... being planted to some extent in the United States, namely, japanese red pine, P. densiflora S. & Z., Scotch Pine, P. sylvestris L.. and Austrian Pine, ..."

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