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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

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

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

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 trunk is not only rough, but very dark in color; and from this circumstance the species is frequently called black pine.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

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