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long·leaf pine

(lông′lēf′, lŏng′-)

A pine tree (Pinus palustris) of the southeast United States, having long needles and heavy, tough, resinous wood used as a source of timber and pulp and formerly as an important source of naval stores.

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longleaf pine

(ˈlɒŋˌliːf) or

longleaf

(Plants) a North American pine tree, Pinus palustris, with long needle-like leaves and orange-brown bark: the most important timber tree of the southeastern US

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long′leaf pine′

(ˈlɔŋˌlif, ˈlɒŋ-)
n.

1. an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.

2. the wood of this tree.

Also called Georgia pine.

[1790–1800, Amer.]

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longleaf pine - large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree

Georgia pine, Pinus palustris, pitch pine, southern yellow pine

yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood

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