Oregon pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Oregon pine
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Oregon pine, hauling up a chain saw and hand ax.
From Time Magazine Archive
The frames are oak, the planking Oregon pine, the decks canvas-covered spruce, the standing rigging stainless steel.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency, in charge of the series, shipped a bale of Oregon pine boughs after him, Graves used the boughs as subject matter for one last brilliant try.
From Time Magazine Archive
The self-preservative character of Oregon pine is proverbial, but it hardly seems reasonable to believe that it would last through the very considerable geologic epoch that must have elapsed since the Cascades were formed.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
The first boom of Defender was also of Oregon pine.
From Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 by Various
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