pine family
noun
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 (genus Cedrus), fir, hemlock, larch, pine, and spruce.
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Words nearby pine family
Pine Barrens, Pine Bluff, pine cone, pinedrops, pine end, pine family, pine finch, pine grosbeak, Pinel, pineland, Pinellas Park
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