pine tree

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pine tree

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From Middle English pine tre, pynetre, pyne tree, pyn-tree, pintreow, from Old English pīntrēow (“pine tree”), also as pīnbēam (“pine tree”, literally “pine-beam”), equivalent to pine + tree. Compare West Frisian pynbeam (“pinetree”), Dutch pijnboom (“pine tree”).

noun pine trees · pine-tree · pinetree

Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus
Similar: pine

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@misc{pine_tree_2026,
  title = {pine tree},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pine%20tree},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}