yellow pine
Americannoun
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any of several North American pines yielding a strong, yellowish wood.
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the wood of any such tree.
Etymology
Origin of yellow pine
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
Example Sentences
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In addition to its B.C. operations, the company has five mills producing southern yellow pine lumber in Virginia, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
The original Filene Center was constructed from Oregon red cedar, while the current structure is made from Douglas fir and southern yellow pine.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021
Clean-edged walls of grey and cool yellow, pine and wisteria scents.
From Nature ● Jul. 21, 2020
The silo was about eight feet across and thirty feet high, with boards of unvarnished yellow pine as tightly fitted as cooperage.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
The hills near it are frequently covered with the white and the yellow pine, which supply St. Louis with boards and timber for building.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
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