Aleppo pine

American  

noun

1. a pine tree, Pinus halepensis, native to the Mediterranean area, that is planted as an ornamental and is a source of turpentine.

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Etymology

Origin of Aleppo pine

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Other residents and helpers have been showing up to give what they can, adding everything from aloe plants to coast live oak saplings to a 7-foot Aleppo pine someone had potted in a bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

The Aleppo pine, for instance, is a fast-growing species found throughout the western Mediterranean, Greece and parts of the Levant, including northeastern portions of historical Palestine.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

Nor do I think they confuse other Greek wines with retsina, a traditional wine flavored with the sap of the Aleppo pine, which tourist manuals over generations have warned people to avoid.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

The film crew dispersed among the Roman fortifications and Aleppo pine and eucalyptus forests.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2018

We then find first a transversal partition, formed of tiny bits of gravel cemented by a putty made from resin, which is collected in fresh drops from the oxycedrus and the Aleppo pine.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander