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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
   1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
      {Pinus}.

   Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
         States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
         {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
         resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
         Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
         pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
         ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
         {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
         bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
         firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
         considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
         genera.

   2. The wood of the pine tree.

   3. A pineapple.

   {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.

   {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
      the {Araucaria excelsa}.

   {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
      with pines. [Southern U.S.]

   {Pine borer} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
      pine trees.

   {Pine finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
      

   {Pine grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
      enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
      hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
      red.

   {Pine lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
      lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
      States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
      {alligator}.

   {Pine marten}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
          {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
      (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.

   {Pine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
      tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae]
      burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
      doing great damage.

   {Pine mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
      pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
      forests.

   {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
      of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.

   {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).

   {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
      and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
      

   {Pine snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
      snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
      with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
      {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
      chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.

   {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.

   {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
      seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
      figure of a pine tree.

   {Pine weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
      Several species are known in both Europe and America,
      belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.

   {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
      them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
      Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
      arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
      wool}.
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