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Definition of Pine family
1. Noun. A family of Pinaceae.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Family
Group relationships: Coniferales, Order Coniferales
Member holonyms: Genus Pinus, Pinus, Genus Larix, Larix, Genus Pseudolarix, Pseudolarix, Abies, Genus Abies, Cedrus, Genus Cedrus, Genus Picea, Picea, Genus Tsuga, Tsuga, Genus Pseudotsuga, Pseudotsuga, Genus Cathaya, Genus Keteleeria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pine Family
Literary usage of Pine family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1902)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs with resinous juice. Leaves commonly needle-shaped
or awl-shaped, and mostly evergreen. Flowers monoecious or sometimes ..."
2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs, typically with one main mast-like axis which bears
laterally successive whorls of much-branched limbs. ..."
3. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The pine family is of especial economic value on account of the ... The members
of the pine family have awl-shaped, scale-shaped, or needle-shaped entire ..."
4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... pine family. Trees or shrubs, with wood of homogeneous fiber (no ducts),
resinous juice, commonly needle-shaped or awl-shaped leaves (mostly evergreen), ..."
5. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series by Marcius Willson (1863)
"IN the cone-bearing, or pine family, exogenous plants assume a new character, in
having their seeds uncovered. Like the elm, willow, and birch, ..."
6. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1902)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs with resinous juice. Leaves commonly needle-shaped
or awl-shaped, and mostly evergreen. Flowers monoecious or sometimes ..."
7. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs, typically with one main mast-like axis which bears
laterally successive whorls of much-branched limbs. ..."
8. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The pine family is of especial economic value on account of the ... The members
of the pine family have awl-shaped, scale-shaped, or needle-shaped entire ..."
9. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... pine family. Trees or shrubs, with wood of homogeneous fiber (no ducts),
resinous juice, commonly needle-shaped or awl-shaped leaves (mostly evergreen), ..."
10. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series by Marcius Willson (1863)
"IN the cone-bearing, or pine family, exogenous plants assume a new character, in
having their seeds uncovered. Like the elm, willow, and birch, ..."
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