pine needle

noun

the needlelike leaf of a pine tree.

Origin of pine needle

First recorded in 1865–70

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for pine needle

Historical Examples of pine needle

But in the woods round about him there was not a stir, not a leaf or a pine-needle moved.
Knut Hamsun
Hanna Astrup Larsen
There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1
Various
It was many weeks before Wink and Wiggle were able to leave their pine-needle beds.
Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D.
Nellie M. Leonard
Then everything seemed to calm down: Teddy laughed and spit the pine-needle down between his dangling feet.
Beginners Luck
Emily Hahn
There was brush near by, and the pine-needle mats almost bordered the bank.
The Young Forester
Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for pine needle

pine needle

noun

any of the fine pointed leaves of a pine

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012