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slash pine

n.
A pine tree (Pinus elliottii) of the southeast United States, widely planted for lumber and pulpwood and formerly a source of turpentine and rosin.
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slash′ pine`


n.
1. a pine, Pinuselliotii, found in slashes or swamps in the southeastern U.S. and Central America.
2. the hard, durable wood of this tree.
[1880–85, Amer.]
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