Jeffrey pine

Jeffrey pine
a conifer, Pinus jeffreyi, of high mountains in the western U.S., having long needles, large cones, and aromatic bark.
[1855-60, Amer.; after John Jeffrey (1826-54), Scottish gardener, who collected plants in the Pacific Northwest, 1850-54]

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