shortleaf pine

[ shawrt-leef ]

/ ˈʃɔrtˌlif /

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noun

a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.

the hard, brownish-yellow wood of this tree, used in the construction of houses, for making furniture, and for pulp.

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Origin of shortleaf pine

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Words nearby shortleaf pine

short interest, short iron, shortish, short jenny, short-laid, shortleaf pine, short leg, short line, short list, short-lived, short loin

How to use shortleaf pine in a sentence

On the Oklahoma side is 26,445-acre Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area, laced with trails through the hardwoods and shortleaf pines and set with scads of campgrounds.
It’s Time to Rethink Your Next Midwest Road Trip|kklein|August 8, 2021|Outside Online
Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because this food source could abruptly disappear at any time, cutworm moths cannot be counted on to replace pine nuts.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This high-altitude pine needs to be 50-80 years old before it even begins to produce cones.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, if these alternative foods were indeed similar in food value to pine nuts, why are the bears not already wolfing them down?
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
After this it wound along on ridges and in ravines till it reached the heart of a great pine forest, where stood a saw-mill.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The lone pine on the stone cap of Gander Knob waved its farewell, and we clattered down the long slope into the great world.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
How many imitators of the great manipulator have looked at this growth of pine and wondered where the old master obtained it!
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
We have for the upper table, or front, a thin slab of wood known as pine, from a species of tree that grows all over the world.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick