red pine

noun

1. a pine, Pinus resinosa, of northeastern North America, having needles in groups of two and reddish bark.

2. the wood of this tree, valued as timber.

red pine

noun

1. Also called: rimu. a coniferous tree, Dacrydium cupressinum , of New Zealand, having narrow sharp pointed leaves: family Podocarpaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of red pine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

The red pine trees endemic to Anatolia span the Taurus mountain system.

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Almost every one of the species in the park has been wiped out over the past 6 years by a single invasive insect, the red pine scale.

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Also Japanese red pine, Norway spruce, China fir, Himalayan pine, Japanese umbrella pine!

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Don Iverson, 50, a logger in western Wisconsin, has for three decades used County Route K and Pray Road to haul red pine trees, white pine trees and oak trees to nearby sawmills.

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Instead, they cite a steep decline in its natural habitat of red pine forests, and the rising menace presented by the pinewood nematode, an invasive worm originally from North America.

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