yellow pine
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yellow pine
n.
1. Any of several North American pines having yellowish wood, such as longleaf pine or ponderosa pine.
2. The wood of any of these trees.
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yel′low pine′
n.
1. any of several North American pines yielding a strong, yellowish wood.
2. the wood of any such tree.
[1700–10]
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Noun | 1. | yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood yellow pine - hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine bull pine, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine - common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature Georgia pine, longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, pitch pine, southern yellow pine - large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree Pinus echinata, shortleaf pine, short-leaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine - large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature |
2. | yellow pine - hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood |
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