shortleaf pine

American  

[shawrt-leef] / ˈʃɔrtˌlif /

noun

1. a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.

2. the hard, brownish-yellow wood of this tree, used in the construction of houses, for making furniture, and for pulp.

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Etymology

Origin of shortleaf pine

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Relax in thermal waters piped right from the hot springs, hike through rare shortleaf pine forests, or look out over the rolling Ouachita Mountains from the 216-foot-tall Hot Springs Mountain Tower.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2020

Inside the five-acre enclosure, among the native oaks and pines, he had planted southern trees including persimmon and shortleaf pine — species better adapted to hotter, drier conditions.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

It is pastorally appointed with sweeping greensward, tall stands of shortleaf pine and pleasing arrangements of whitewashed command buildings fronted by old-fashioned verandas.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shortleaf pine ranks second to the longleaf in importance to the lumber industries of the East and South.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Much of the deforested territory, let alone, will cover itself with a ripe crop of shortleaf pine lumber in a hundred years.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen