pine family

American  

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

The cultivated conifers In North America, comprising the pine family and the taxads; successor to The cultivated evergreens. © 18Apr33; A62191.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

When the little seed awoke, it wore the green dress of the pine family.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Enos Abijah Mills

The trees were for the most part of the pine family.

From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White

It belongs to the great pine family and is often called a pine, but in the countries of Great Britain especially it is called the Scotch fir.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Ella Rodman Church