White-pine


noun
1.
a large, irregularly branched pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern North America, having gray bark and yielding a light-colored, soft, light wood of great commercial importance.
2.
the wood itself.
3.
any of various other similar species of pine.
noun
1.
a North American coniferous tree, Pinus strobus, having blue-green needle-like leaves, hanging brown cones, and rough bark: family Pinaceae
2.
the light-coloured wood of this tree, much used commercially
3.
another name for kahikatea

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