Definition of Black pine

1. Noun. Conifer of Australia and New Zealand.

Exact synonyms: Matai, Podocarpus Spicata, Prumnopitys Taxifolia
Group relationships: Genus Prumnopitys, Prumnopitys
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree

2. Noun. New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry.

3. 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: Japanese Black Pine, Pinus Thunbergii
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

4. Noun. Tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine.
Exact synonyms: Jeffrey Pine, Jeffrey's Pine, Pinus Jeffreyi
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

5. Noun. Large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe.
Exact synonyms: Pinus Nigra
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

Definition of Black pine

1. Noun. an evergreen tree, most commonly of the species Pinus nigra; alternatively, Pinus thunbergii or Pinus jeffreyi. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Pine

black mustard
black nightshade
black oak
black olive
black olives
black op
black opal
black operation
black operations
black ops
black out
black pea
black pepper
black phosphorus
black piedra
black pine (current term)
black plague
black poplar
black powder
black propaganda
black pudding
black puddings
black racer
black rain
black raspberry
black rat
black rat snake
black rats
black redstart
black redstarts

Literary usage of Black pine

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

1. Handbook of West-American Cone-bearers by John Gill Lemmon (1900)
"VARIETIES OF black pine. SIERRA RED-BARK PINE. Var. ... PENINSULA black pine. Vur. (6) peninsularis, Lemmon. On the San Rafael Mountains of Lower California ..."

2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"(2) The Austrian method of tapping the black pine, less economical than the above,consists in first making,about the middle of April, a deep cup-like ..."

3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... sy 1res tris \ the black pine (P. laricis), P. pinaster, P. strobus, and more rarely on Abies alba, Picea excelsa and Lari.v decidua. ..."

4. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Sap Pine, black Pine: this tree In Arb. Brit, 1st. edit., vol. viii. • OUT Jig. 1820. to our usual icale ; and fig'- 1R21. to ..."

5. Handbook of West-American Cone-bearers by John Gill Lemmon (1900)
"VARIETIES OF black pine. SIERRA RED-BARK PINE. Var. ... PENINSULA black pine. Vur. (6) peninsularis, Lemmon. On the San Rafael Mountains of Lower California ..."

6. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"(2) The Austrian method of tapping the black pine, less economical than the above,consists in first making,about the middle of April, a deep cup-like ..."

7. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... sy 1res tris \ the black pine (P. laricis), P. pinaster, P. strobus, and more rarely on Abies alba, Picea excelsa and Lari.v decidua. ..."

8. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Sap Pine, black Pine: this tree In Arb. Brit, 1st. edit., vol. viii. • OUT Jig. 1820. to our usual icale ; and fig'- 1R21. to ..."

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