What is "black pine"

n. 1 A pine tree, genus ''Pinus'', of darker foliage than most other species 2 # (vern: European black pine), ''Pinus nigra'' 3 # (vern: Japanese black pine), (taxlink Pinus thunbergii species noshow=1) 4 # (vern: Jeffrey pine), (taxlink Pinus jeffreyi species noshow=1) 5 Other similar conifers 6 # ''Prumnopitys taxifolia'', matai, a New Zealand conifer. 7 # ''Prumnopitys ferruginea'', miro, also a New Zealand conifer. 8 (cx lang=en uncountable) The wood of such trees 9 (cx lang=en uncountable) (taxlink Neorhodomela larix species noshow=1), a species of red algae found in intertidal areas of the North Pacific

1. n. New Zealand conifer [syn: matai, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata]

2. New Zealand conifer [syn: miro, Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea]

3. large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog [syn: Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii]

4. tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine [syn: Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi]

5. large 2-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe [syn: Pinus nigra]

Black pine may refer to: