Jeffrey pine

noun

1. a conifer, Pinus jeffreyi, of high mountains in the western U.S., having long needles, large cones, and aromatic bark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jeffrey pine¹

1855–60, after John Jeffrey (1826–54), Scottish gardener, who collected plants in the Pacific Northwest, 1850–54

Example Sentences

The juvenile then flew off to Jackie and Shadow’s nest in a Jeffrey pine tree overlooking Big Bear Lake, where a camera offered a closer view of the raptor.

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Friends of Big Bear Valley runs the camera that’s 145 feet up a Jeffrey pine tree overlooking Big Bear Lake.

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Later Monday morning, one of the camera operators found the eaglet perching at the top of a tree near the 145-foot-tall Jeffrey pine that holds the family’s huge nest.

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The biologist is executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that operates the 24-hour nest cam monitoring the feathered family in a towering Jeffrey pine that overlooks Big Bear Lake.

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The group operates a 24-hour webcam that monitors the eagles’ nest 145 feet up in a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake.

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