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noun

• 1 (also pine tree) an evergreen coniferous tree that has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for their soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

  • Genus Pinus, family Pinaceae: many species, including North America’s eastern white pine and western ponderosa pine
• used in names of coniferous trees of other families, e.g., Norfolk Island pine.
• used in names of unrelated plants that resemble the pines in some way, e.g., ground pine.
• [as modifier] having the scent of pine needles:a pine potpourri

• 2 informal a pineapple.