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Huon pine
[
hyoo
-on
or, often,
yoo
-]
/ˈhyu ɒn
or, often,
ˈyu-/
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noun
1.
a coniferous tree,
Dacrydium franklinii,
of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
Origin of
Huon pine
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1810-1820
First recorded in
1810-20;
named after the
Huon
river in Tasmania
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British Dictionary definitions for
Huon pine
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Huon pine
/
ˈhjuːɒn
/
noun
1.
a Tasmanian coniferous tree,
Dacrydium franklinii
, with scalelike leaves and cup-shaped berry-like fruits: family
Podocarpaceae
. It is among the oldest living individual plants, thought to be up to 10 000 years old
Word Origin
named after the
Huon
River, Tasmania
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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