BRISTLECONE PINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does bristlecone pine mean? • BRISTLECONE PINE (noun)
The noun BRISTLECONE PINE has 1 sense:
1. small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
Familiarity information: BRISTLECONE PINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRISTLECONE PINE (noun)
Meaning:
Small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bristlecone pine; Pinus aristata; Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Hypernyms ("bristlecone pine" is a kind of...):
pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)
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