ponderosa pine
Americannoun
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Also called western yellow pine. a large pine, Pinus ponderosa, of western North America, having yellowish-brown bark: the state tree of Montana.
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the light, soft wood of this tree, used for making furniture and in the construction of houses, ships, etc.
Etymology
Origin of ponderosa pine
1875–80, < New Latin Pinus ponderosa (1836) literally, heavy pine; see ponderous
Example Sentences
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Yet one magnetic painting is atypical of that first stay in the Taos area: a striking ponderosa pine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
During the day, when you aren’t out adventuring, you can find a shady spot beneath a towering ponderosa pine or cedar tree.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024
From lowest elevation to highest, this included ponderosa pine, piñon pine, Englemann spruce, Douglas fir and limber pine.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2023
In 2009, while burning ponderosa pine branches and other fuel characteristic of the Western U.S., he found a particularly noxious compound called isocyanic acid.
From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2022
Located where the cold, clear Spokane River tumbled in a white froth over a series of low falls, the town was surrounded by ponderosa pine forest and open range country.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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