scrub pine

American  

noun

1. any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.

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Etymology

Origin of scrub pine

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Example Sentences

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

Toward that end, Olson has led army-style maneuvers on an 32-hectare tract of scrub pine and meadow dotted with obstacle courses and bunkers.

From Time Magazine Archive

At night, trucks drove through the palm-lined streets and the stands of scrub pine and palmetto, spewing a chemical fog onto house-and treetops, all the way to the mangrove swamps lining Florida's Gulf coast.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wrapped one leg around a skinny scrub pine in front of me.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles