Norway pine

American  

noun

1. red pine.

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Etymology

Origin of Norway pine

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

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Norway pine

Inducements: 300 acres; a new log cabin of Norway pine.

From Time Magazine Archive

In strict society Three conifers, white, pitch, and Norway pine, Five-leaved, three-leaved, and two-leaved, grew thereby.

From May-Day and Other Pieces by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The red pine, also called the "Norway pine" for no particular reason, is something of an anomaly.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

All the country about the headwaters is densely wooded with Norway pine on the higher ground, and with birch, maple, poplar and tamarack on the lower ground.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

The last characters translated into: "White pine, 68,000 feet; Norway pine, 16,000 feet; hemlock, 5,000 feet," and that inventoried the standing timber on the special forty acres.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward