| pitch pine 
 
 1. 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
 • Syn:
 longleaf pine, southern yellow pine, Georgia pine, Pinus palustris
 • Hypernyms:
 yellow pine
 2. large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada;
 closely related to the pond pine
 • Syn:
 northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida
 • Hypernyms:
 pine, pine tree, true pine
 
 
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