pitch pine

noun

1. any of several pines from which pitch or turpentine is obtained.

pitch pine

noun

1. any of various coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, esp P. rigida, of North America, having red-brown bark and long lustrous light brown cones: valued as a source of turpentine and pitch

2. the wood of any of these trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of pitch pine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1670–80