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Definition of American white pine
1. Noun. Tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree.
Lexicographical Neighbors of American White Pine
Literary usage of American white pine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military Bridges: Including, Also, Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"L=11.33, the pontoons being 14' 8" from axis to axis. c =570,* for American white
spruce. c =658,* for American white pine. Substituting these values ..."
2. A Text Book of the Physics of Agriculture by Franklin Hiram King (1907)
"... Birch 850 Ibs. American Hickory and Bitter nit 800 Ibs. Larch and Tamarack
400 Ibs. Soft Maple., 750 Ibs. American white pine 450 Iba ' American ..."
3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"... more valuable than that of any other coniferous tree, the larch excepted, and
for all economic purposes it is rated far above American white pine. ..."
4. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"With the extensive use of the American white pine in western Europe for
forest-planting, it became widely distributed on this tree and was soon recognized ..."
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