pencil pine
noun
A tall, slender, long-lived coniferous tree, Athrotaxis cupressoides (family Taxodiaceae), native to high elevations in Tasmania, which has scale-like or lanceolate leaves adpressed to the branchlets and yields wood used for cabinet work.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
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