lodgepole pine
Americannoun
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a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
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the wood of this tree, used as timber.
Etymology
Origin of lodgepole pine
Example Sentences
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Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole pine.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
At the center sits a 20,000-square-foot cabin built from lodgepole pine from the northern Rocky Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
The fire that broke out Tuesday is burning in steep, rugged terrain in mixed conifer and lodgepole pine in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, 10 miles northeast of the unincorporated community of Sprague River.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
So constant was Indigenous burning in the northern Rockies that a variety of lodgepole pine evolved to have cones with scales glued shut by a sticky goo.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 17, 2020
He was shorter than her, but he was very strong and always stood so straight that he seemed tall as a lodgepole pine to me.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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