Meaning

1 senses
  1. A bristlecone pine, of subsection Pinus subsect. Balfourianae.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The bristlecone pine is the oldest individually growing organism.

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  2. In the mountains, the bristlecones face high winds and extreme temperatures.

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  3. The bristlecone pine is the longest-living thing on Earth.

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  4. Bristlecone pines grow in high mountain forests in eastern California, Nevada and Utah.

    ruОстистые сосны растут в высокогорных лесах восточной Калифорнии, Невады и Юты.

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  5. Limber pine is beginning to colonize areas of the Great Basin once dominated by bristlecones.

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Origin

From bristle + cone.

From bristle + cone.

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Forms

plural: bristlecones
Singularbristlecone
Pluralbristlecones

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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