Definition of Silver pine

1. Noun. Timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood.

Exact synonyms: Lagarostrobus Colensoi, Westland Pine
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree

2. Noun. Tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature.
Exact synonyms: Mountain Pine, Pinus Monticola, Western White Pine
Generic synonyms: White Pine

Definition of Silver pine

1. Noun. A tree, ''Manoao colensoi'', endemic to New Zealand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Pine

silver lining
silver linings
silver maple
silver medal
silver medalist
silver medalists
silver medallist
silver medallists
silver medals
silver mine
silver nitrate
silver oak
silver oxide
silver perch
silver pine
silver pines
silver plate
silver plated
silver plates
silver plating
silver point
silver poisoning
silver protein
silver protein stain
silver proteins
silver quandong
silver quandong tree
silver rule
silver sage

Literary usage of Silver pine

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

1. The Valuation of American Timberlands by Karl Wilson Woodward (1921)
"This does not, of course, mean that the dominant species, silver pine (Pinus ... While silver pine is the most abundant species and the most important ..."

2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"The silver pine, also called Western White Pine and Mountain Pine, ... In California, silver pine occurs mainly in the Sierra Nevada where it is found ..."

3. North America by Israel Cook Russell (1904)
"As might be inferred from its wide distribution, the silver pine had adapted itself to a great range of conditions, not only of climate, but of soil and ..."

4. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"Great Barrier Island, and Ngauruhoe district; the west coast of South Island, and Martin's Bay. This in often called " silver-pine," or " white silver-pine ..."

5. The Forests of the Flathead Valley, Montana by Harry Nichols Whitford (1905)
"It succumbs easily to fires, \$yany instances being noted where fires had swept through the forests destroying the silver pine, while such trees as western ..."

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