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Definition of Pinelike
1. resembling a pine (an evergreen tree) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinelike
Literary usage of Pinelike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"In wounded specimens of wood of this genus traumatic resin canals are formed (Fig.
237), resembling those of the normal wood of the pinelike conifers. ..."
2. Revised Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana, William North Rice (1897)
"... strikingly contrasting with the little Ground Pines of modern times; and the
pinelike leaves were occasionally a foot or more long. Fig. ..."
3. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2002)
"... of a sweetish and pinelike tast, not agreeable to me. the surface of the berry
is covered with a glutinous adhesive matter, and the frut altho' ripe ..."
4. A String of Chinese Peach-stones by William Arthur Cornaby (1895)
"can point to pinelike Longevity, and say, ' There is my best friend, and the son
of my venerable grandfather's best friend too.'" This was irresistible. ..."
5. The Winston Simplified Dictionary: Including All the Words in Common Use by William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer (1919)
"... egg-laying mammal of Australia, having a wormlike tongue, a tubular snout,
and strong spines mixed with fur; a porcu- pinelike ant-eater. spir-a-cle £? ..."
6. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"A small worm infesting pln'y(pmT),a. [3] 1. Abounding in pines. 2. Of, pertaining
to, or characteristic of, pine; pinelike. the rectum, ..."
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