Norway pine

noun

1. red pine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Norway pine¹

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

The blogger described the lumbersexual as “bar-hopping, but he looks like he could fell a Norway Pine…. His backpack carries a MacBook Air, but looks like it should carry a lumberjack’s axe.”

From Newsweek

Still, the shingles pale in comparison to the spectacular portal, where Paulson carved Norway pine in the Urnes style, complex Viking patterns of intertwined dragons, plants and animals.

From Washington Post

The truth looks so much more real when it is put in figures: as the size of a huge tree when set against a rock; or as when Milton bodies out his fallen angel by setting forth the ratio between his spear and the tallest Norway pine.

From Project Gutenberg

The red pine, also called the "Norway pine" for no particular reason, is something of an anomaly.

From Project Gutenberg

The Red Pine, or Norway Pine, favors Canada more than our country.

From Project Gutenberg