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MOUNTAIN PINE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain pine mean?

• MOUNTAIN PINE (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN PINE has 3 senses:

1. evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
2. tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
3. low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two

Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN PINE used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• MOUNTAIN PINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Libocedrus bidwillii; mountain pine; pahautea

Hypernyms ("mountain pine" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Holonyms ("mountain pine" is a member of...):

genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus (cypresses that resemble cedars)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

western white pine; Pinus monticola; silver pine; mountain pine

Hypernyms ("mountain pine" is a kind of...):

white pine (any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dwarf mountain pine; mugho pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; Swiss mountain pine; mountain pine

Hypernyms ("mountain pine" is a kind of...):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

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