Definition of Japanese black pine

1. Noun. Large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog.

Exact synonyms: Black Pine, Pinus Thunbergii
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Black Pine

Japanese Giant Salamanders
Japanese Islands
Japanese Red Army
Japanese Sign Language
Japanese allspice
Japanese amberjack
Japanese andromeda
Japanese angelica tree
Japanese apricot
Japanese banana
Japanese barberry
Japanese barnyard millet
Japanese beech
Japanese beetle
Japanese bittersweet
Japanese black pine (current term)
Japanese brome
Japanese bunching onion
Japanese bunching onions
Japanese capital
Japanese cedar
Japanese cherry
Japanese chess
Japanese chestnut
Japanese crab
Japanese deer
Japanese deity
Japanese dysentery
Japanese encephalitis

Literary usage of Japanese black 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)
"... and Japanese black pine (P. thunbergi) are the two principal Japanese and North Chinese species. They are used for many timber purposes and also for ..."

2. 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. ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"... another of the white pines and from Japan, where it is frequently used by the Japanese in producing their miniature trees; the Japanese black pine, ..."

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