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black pine

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noun

  1. See matai

"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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There were forests of black pine and overlooks of amaranth and silver grass.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2016

The garden said it intended to propagate from the black pine.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2014

A 215-year-old black pine known as "Tolkien's tree" in Oxford University's Botanic Garden is to be felled after two of its branches came down.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2014

It’s thick with plants, a seaside forest filled with bayberry, beach plum, autumn olive, wild rose, and Japanese black pine 15 feet tall.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2014

The black pine is a native of Southern Europe, growing all the way from Southern Spain to the Taurus Mountains in Asia Minor.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by A. W. Latham

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