mountain pine

/ˌmaʊnt(ə)n paɪn/

Other forms: mountain pines

Definitions of mountain pine

1. noun

   tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
   synonyms: Pinus monticola, silver pine, western white pine

   type of:

   white pine

   any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine
2. noun

   evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
   synonyms: Libocedrus bidwillii, pahautea

   type of:

   cedar, cedar tree

   any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
3. noun

   low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
   synonyms: Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine

   type of:

   pine, pine tree, true pine

   a coniferous tree