pencil pine

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pencil pine

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From its narrow, pointed shape.

noun pencil pines

  1. Athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania. The fire began spreading & the surrounding pencil pines & then the forest beyond was in flames […].
  2. Cupressus sempervirens, a cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and widely planted as an ornamental.

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@misc{pencil_pine_2026,
  title = {pencil pine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pencil%20pine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}