ancient pine

/ˌeɪntʃənt paɪn/
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Other forms: ancient pines

Definitions of ancient pine
  1. noun
    small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops
    synonyms: Pinus longaeva
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    type of:
    pine, pine tree, true pine
    a coniferous tree
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