radiata pine

British

/ ˌreɪdɪˈɑːtə /

noun

Often shortened to: radiata. a pine tree, Pinus radiata , native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber

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Etymology

Origin of radiata pine

from New Latin

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The groups complain that the logging industry's introduction of water-hungry radiata pine and eucalyptus trees since the 1980s has damaged the ecosystem.

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Radiata pine is loaded into one of two reactors at the company's plant in Arnhem in the Netherlands.

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