noun
Meaning 1
Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
pine tree
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noun
Meaning 2
a coniferous tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pine, true pine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conifer, coniferous tree
Narrower terms: pinon, pinyon, spruce pine, Pinus glabra, black pine, Pinus nigra, pitch pine, northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida, pond pine, Pinus serotina, stone pine, umbrella pine, European nut pine, Pinus pinea, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, arolla pine, cembra nut tree, Pinus cembra, Swiss mountain pine, mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo, ancient pine, Pinus longaeva, white pine, yellow pine, Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, Sierra lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta murrayana, loblolly pine, frankincense pine, Pinus taeda, jack pine, Pinus banksiana, swamp pine, red pine, Canadian red pine, Pinus resinosa, Scotch pine, Scots pine, Scotch fir, Pinus sylvestris, scrub pine, Virginia pine, Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, table-mountain pine, prickly pine, hickory pine, Pinus pungens, knobcone pine, Pinus attenuata, Japanese red pine, Japanese table pine, Pinus densiflora, Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii, Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, soledad pine, grey-leaf pine, sabine pine, Pinus torreyana
History
Etymology
From Middle English pine tre, pynetre, pyne tree, pyn-tree, pintreow, from Old English pīntrēow (“pine tree”), also as pīnbēam (“pine tree”, literally “pine-beam”), equivalent to pine + tree. Compare West Frisian pynbeam (“pinetree”), Dutch pijnboom (“pine tree”).