pine needle
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noun
the needlelike leaf of a pine tree.
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Origin of pine needle
First recorded in 1865–70
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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 HamsunHanna Astrup Larsen
There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases.
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 LuckEmily Hahn
There was brush near by, and the pine-needle mats almost bordered the bank.
The Young ForesterZane Grey
pine needle
noun
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