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yellow pine

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color.

In genus Pinus of pines (family Pinaceae)

Any southern yellow pine of five species Pinus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Eastern, US, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color.

In genus Pinus of pines (family Pinaceae)

Any western yellow pine, either a ponderosa pine or a Jeffrey pine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, Western, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color.

In species of family Podocarpaceae, of podocarps

A coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand, of species Halocarpus biformis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color.

In species of family Podocarpaceae, of podocarps

A tree of the species Podocarpus elatus, of Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: Australian plum, brown pine, Illawarra plum, Illawarra plum pine

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Meaning 5

Wood from any of these trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning 6

hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pine

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noun

Meaning 7

any of various pines having yellow wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pine, pine tree, true pine

Narrower terms: ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine, bull pine, Pinus ponderosa, longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine, Georgia pine, Pinus palustris, shortleaf pine, short-leaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine, Pinus echinata

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