Definition of Pinus virginiana

1. Noun. Common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2.

Exact synonyms: Jersey Pine, Scrub Pine, Virginia Pine
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinus Virginiana

Pinus parryana
Pinus pinea
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus pungens
Pinus quadrifolia
Pinus radiata
Pinus resinosa
Pinus rigida
Pinus serotina
Pinus strobiformis
Pinus strobus
Pinus sylvestris
Pinus taeda
Pinus thunbergii
Pinus torreyana
Pinus virginiana (current term)
Pinxter
Pinyin
Pioneer Day
Pioneer Days
Piophila casei
Pipa americana
Pipa pipa
Pipel
Pipels
Piper
Piper's forceps
Piper betel
Piper cubeba
Piper longum

Literary usage of Pinus virginiana

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

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... A. Winter bud ( THE JERSEY PINE (Pinus virginiana) This also is a scrub pine; it grows on the pine barrens of New Jersey, a pendulous, discouraged tree. ..."

2. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1900)
"It is usually associated with the pitch-pine (Pinus rigida\ with here and there patches of the scrub-pine (Pinus virginiana or inops\ Several foresters have ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"... with long narrow green Leaves ; commonly called the Aleppo Pine. 16. PINUS Virginiana ... PINUS Virginiana, ternis feu ..."

4. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"Series cl Declivity with interspace 1 granulate: Light to dark brown, West Virginia, in cones of Pinus virginiana. Length 2.70-3.05 mm. ..."

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