longleaf pine

[ lawng-leef, long- ]

noun

1. an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
2. the wood of this tree.

longleaf pine

/ ˈlɒŋˌliːf /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of longleaf pine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Although the researchers only examined trees along the North and South Carolina coastlines, longleaf pines grow throughout the entire southeast.

From Popular-Science

To peer into the more distant past, Maxwell and his colleagues examined longleaf pine trees growing across seven sites in North and South Carolina.

From Popular-Science

Elsewhere in the Southeast, he spent long hours observing the granite outcrops and old-growth longleaf pine savannas of Georgia, along with the coastal salt marshes of South Carolina.

From Washington Post

Diverse ecosystems cover Texas’ 13,229-acre Upland Island Wilderness, from longleaf pine forests to dreamy willow-oak swamps, with swaths of yuccas and sandy expanses sprinkled along the way.

From Outside Online

We quickly got a sense for what we were in for the rest of the week — challenging and very fast greens, plenty of sandy waste areas, longleaf pines framing most holes and a feeling of being transported back to an earlier, simpler time.

From Washington Post

Their wood very closely resembles that of the longleaf pine and is often difficult to distinguish from it.

From Project Gutenberg

The average size of the mature longleaf pine is 90 ft. in height and 20 in.

From Project Gutenberg

Specifications for paving blocks often require that longleaf pine be 90 per cent heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Some experiments28 on very resinous longleaf pine specimens, however, indicate an increase in strength.

From Project Gutenberg

Nearly thirty names are thus applied to the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris).

From Project Gutenberg