Torrey pine

[tawr-ee, tor-ee]

noun

a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.

Origin of Torrey pine

1885–90, Americanism; after J. Torrey

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