Jersey pine

noun

1. Virginia pine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jersey pine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

The sides were sheathed with long cedar shingles, and fastened with nails patiently wrought out on an anvil, and the interior was finished with beaded and panelled Jersey pine....

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It was at one time supposed that this most delicate and beautiful of all our ferns was peculiar to the New Jersey pine barrens.

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The sea receded, the Jersey pines whirled monotonously by, and by and by the hills began to crop up.

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