pine family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including cedar (genusCedrus ), fir, hemlock, larch, pine, and spruce.

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Example Sentences

But if the more subtle aroma found in the Georgia woods is more to your liking, choose something from the pine family.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gingko belongs to the yew family, which is akin to the pine family.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua

When the little seed awoke, it wore the green dress of the pine family.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah

Cypress-wood is strongly scented; it possesses in a high degree that resinous aroma which characterizes most of the pine family.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The tree is less sensitive to injuries and has the propensity, unusual in the pine family, of throwing up suckers from the roots.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen