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black pine

(Plants) See matai

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Noun	1.	black pine - conifer of Australia and New Zealand matai, Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia genus Prumnopitys, Prumnopitys - mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
	2.	black pine - New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry miro, Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea genus Prumnopitys, Prumnopitys - mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
	3.	black pine - large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
	4.	black pine - 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 Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
	5.	black pine - large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe Pinus nigra pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree

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This smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal.

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And on every side of the castle they could hear the miles and miles of black pine wood seething like a black sea around a rock.

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On he flew among the black pines, brandishing his staff with frenzied gestures, now giving vent to an inspiration of horrid blasphemy, and now shouting forth such laughter as set all the echoes of the forest laughing like demons around him.

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Up on the heights, battalions of black pines witnessed the change, themselves unchangeable.

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The net proceeds of the Offering will be used to fund exploration and development of Liberty Gold's southwest United States gold and precious metal exploration portfolio, primarily focused on accelerating exploration and resource growth at the Black Pine project in Southern Idaho.

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sertifer larvae in black pine plantation (Simsek and Kondur, 2006).

The Effect of Pyrethrum and Bacillus thuringiensis Biopesticides on Diprion pini L. and Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffr.) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) Larvae

The purposes of this study were to estimate variations of tree height and basal diameter within provenance and among provenances, to compare Scots pine to native black pine (Pinus nigra) and Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani) species of the sites, and to evaluate relations between height and diameter in the species to estimate better provenance/s for the region.

Growth and Survival Variation among Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Provenances

The many floral and grassy meadows, as well as the black pine, cornel tree, hazel and juniper woods make Mariovo the ideal spot for bee farming.

Mariovo's economy and business opportunities

Black pine (Pinus nigra s.l.) is the most widely distributed pine species in high-altitude areas in the Mediterranean Basin; Pinus nigra subsp.

Syntaxonomical update on the relict groves of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris var. iberica) and Spanish black pine (Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii) in the Gredos range (central Spain)/Estudio sintaxonomico de los bosques relicticos de pino silvestre (Pinus sylvestris var. iberica) y pino negro (Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii) en la sierra de Gredos (centro de Espana)

The completion was stiff and the company similarly worthy, including such mighty and much-loved angiosperms as the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest (Robin Hood's famous hideout), another Scot's pine, on which 50 osprey chicks have hatched (and all to the same grateful osprey, apparently, who is now something of a YouTube sensation) and yet another pine - this time a black pine, and "former seven-headed dragon", affectionately known in its Czech village as Juliette.