pitch pine

noun

any of several pines from which pitch or turpentine is obtained.

Origin of pitch pine

An Americanism dating back to 1670–80

Words nearby pitch pine

pitch line, pitchman, pitchometer, pitch on, pitchout, pitch pine, pitch pipe, pitchpole, pitchpot, pitch shot, pitchstone

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Example sentences from the Web for pitch pine

They let the boat ground on the smooth sand and one of them lighted a torch of pitch-pine splinters.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer|Ralph D. Paine
The beams of the main-deck are of American or German oak, those of the lower deck and half-deck of pitch-pine and Norwegian fir.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
On the side of the mountain we found only yellow and pitch-pine.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)|Elliott Coues
The wall and the floors were of pitch-pine, and covered with specially manufactured tartars.
Queen Victoria|Lytton Strachey

After dark, the whole scene was lit up with fires of pitch-pine.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman

British Dictionary definitions for pitch pine

pitch pine

noun

any of various coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, esp P. rigida, of North America, having red-brown bark and long lustrous light brown cones: valued as a source of turpentine and pitch

the wood of any of these trees

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单词	pitch pine
释义	pitch pine noun any of several pines from which pitch or turpentine is obtained. Origin of pitch pine An Americanism dating back to 1670–80 Words nearby pitch pine pitch line, pitchman, pitchometer, pitch on, pitchout, pitch pine, pitch pipe, pitchpole, pitchpot, pitch shot, pitchstone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pitch pine They let the boat ground on the smooth sand and one of them lighted a torch of pitch-pine splinters. Blackbeard: Buccaneer\|Ralph D. Paine The beams of the main-deck are of American or German oak, those of the lower deck and half-deck of pitch-pine and Norwegian fir. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2\|Roald Amundsen On the side of the mountain we found only yellow and pitch-pine. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)\|Elliott Coues The wall and the floors were of pitch-pine, and covered with specially manufactured tartars. Queen Victoria\|Lytton Strachey After dark, the whole scene was lit up with fires of pitch-pine. The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete\|William T. Sherman British Dictionary definitions for pitch pine pitch pine noun any of various coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, esp P. rigida, of North America, having red-brown bark and long lustrous light brown cones: valued as a source of turpentine and pitch the wood of any of these trees Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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