Norway pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Norway pine
First recorded in 1710–20
Example Sentences
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The blogger described the lumbersexual as “bar-hopping, but he looks like he could fell a Norway Pine…. His backpack carries a MacBook Air, but looks like it should carry a lumberjack’s axe.”
From Newsweek
Still, the shingles pale in comparison to the spectacular portal, where Paulson carved Norway pine in the Urnes style, complex Viking patterns of intertwined dragons, plants and animals.
From Washington Post
The truth looks so much more real when it is put in figures: as the size of a huge tree when set against a rock; or as when Milton bodies out his fallen angel by setting forth the ratio between his spear and the tallest Norway pine.
From Project Gutenberg
The red pine, also called the "Norway pine" for no particular reason, is something of an anomaly.
From Project Gutenberg
The Red Pine, or Norway Pine, favors Canada more than our country.
From Project Gutenberg
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