lodgepole pine

lodgepole pine
/loj"pohl'/
1. a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
2. the wood of this tree, used as timber.
[1855-60, Amer.; LODGE + POLE1]

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  • lodgepole pine — noun Date: 1859 any of several pines of western North America with needles in pairs and short ovoid usually asymmetric cones: as a. a small chiefly coastal pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta) with thick deeply furrowed bark and hard strong coarse …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • lodgepole pine — noun a straight trunked pine tree of the mountains of western North America. [Pinus contorta var. latifolia.] Origin so called because its wood was used by American Indians to construct lodges …   English new terms dictionary

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