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

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

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.

There were still the same trees, belonging, for the most part, to the pine family.

From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules

The trees, mostly of the pine family, yet totally different from the trees to which we give that name, were gracefully draped with luxuriant creepers, mingled with which were glowing red blossoms.

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

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)