pine family

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noun

1. the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including cedar (genusCedrus ), fir, hemlock, larch, pine, and spruce.

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But if the more subtle aroma found in the Georgia woods is more to your liking, choose something from the pine family.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a narrow slip of land on which the principal members of this pine family grow.

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

The kauri-tree belongs to the pine family, yet is quite distinct from all other conifers, bearing a lance-shaped tapering leaf, and growing to great heights.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The Austrian pine and the Scotch pine are welcome additions to our own pine family.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)

The tree is less sensitive to injuries and has the propensity, unusual in the pine family, of throwing up suckers from the roots.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen