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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Much of the yellow pine flooring is original.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
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
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
Heavy yellow pine posts six inches square were set in the ground about six feet apart and to the depth of about four feet, upon a concrete base.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.
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