black pine
A pine tree, genus Pinus, of darker foliage than most other speciesA pine tree, genus Pinus, of darker foliage than most other species: A European black pine (Pinus nigra);
Meaning
7 sensesA pine tree, genus Pinus, of darker foliage than most other species:
(countable, uncountable)A European black pine (Pinus nigra);
(countable, uncountable)A Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii);
(countable, uncountable)A Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), principally of California.
Other similar conifers:
(countable, uncountable)Matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia), a New Zealand conifer;
conifer of Australia and New Zealand
(countable, uncountable)Miro (Pectinopitys ferruginea), also a New Zealand conifer.
New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry
(uncountable)Wood of such trees
(uncountable)A certain red alga, of species Neorhodomela larix, found in intertidal areas of the North Pacific.
Forms
plural: black pines| Singular | black pine |
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regular
Synonyms
13 synonyms- large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe:Pinus nigra
- large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog:Japanese black pinePinus thunbergii
- New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry:miroPrumnopitys ferrugineaPodocarpus ferruginea
- conifer of Australia and New Zealand:mataiPrumnopitys taxifoliaPodocarpus spicata
- tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine:Jeffrey pineJeffrey-ap-s pinePinus jeffreyi
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable