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hoop pine

n
(Plants) a fast-growing timber tree of Australia, Araucaria cunninghamii, having rough bark with hoop-like cracks around the trunk and branches: family Araucariaceae
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Noun1.hoop pine - pine of Australia and New Guineahoop pine - pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
Araucaria cunninghamii, Moreton Bay pine
araucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
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