scrub pine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrub pine
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95
Example Sentences
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One of Mashpee’s largest is Santuit Pond, roughly 170 acres of water surrounded by houses set on hills dotted with beech and scrub pine.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023
For some perverse reason, the land there — stony, boggy, sandy, full of scrub pine and poison ivy — has given rise to a surprising number of little nine-holers.
From New York Times • May 23, 2011
The scrub pine and birch that swished by outside the windows were shrouded in a low-lying fog.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such luminaries as Katharine Cornell, James Cagney, Thomas Hart Benton, Leonard Bernstein and Lillian Hellman have long summered among the island's rolling moors and scrub pine.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Yeah,” said Peach, dodging a scrub pine and picking his way carefully on the rock.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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