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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Example Sentences

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

Cypress-wood is strongly scented; it possesses in a high degree that resinous aroma which characterizes most of the pine family.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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 Church, Ella Rodman

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

The Pine Family.—The pine family includes the various species of pine, tamarack, spruce, hemlock, fir, juniper, larch, cypress, and cedar.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)