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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Example Sentences

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family.

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

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The palm takes the place of the eucalyptus to a certain extent, and the woods teem with the bunya-bunya,—a very desirable and ornamental tree, which belongs to the pine family.

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

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

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