Jersey pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Jersey pine
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
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It was at one time supposed that this most delicate and beautiful of all our ferns was peculiar to the New Jersey pine barrens.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
The sides were sheathed with long cedar shingles, and fastened with nails patiently wrought out on an anvil, and the interior was finished with beaded and panelled Jersey pine....
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris
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