black pine

Noun

• large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe

• tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine

• large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog

• New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

• conifer of Australia and New Zealand

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Pinus nigra , Jeffrey pine , Jeffrey's pine , Pinus jeffreyi , Japanese black pine , Pinus thunbergii , miro , Prumnopitys ferruginea , Podocarpus ferruginea , matai , Prumnopitys taxifolia , Podocarpus spicata