pitch pine


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

Origin of pitch pine

1
An Americanism dating back to 1670–80

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British Dictionary definitions for pitch pine

pitch pine

noun
  1. 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

  2. the wood of any of these trees

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