lodgepole pine


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lodge·pole pine

 (lŏj′pōl′)
n.
Any of several varieties of a pine (Pinus contorta) of western North America with needles grouped in pairs, especially P. contorta var. latifolia, having light wood used in construction.
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lodge′pole pine′

(ˈlɒdʒˌpoʊl)
n.
1. a tall pine, Pinus contorta, of W North America, having one type of cone that opens and drops its seeds every second year and another, resin-covered cone that opens only when a fire burns off the resin.
2. the wood of this tree, used as timber.
[1855–60]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lodgepole pine - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United Stateslodgepole pine - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
lodgepole, Pinus contorta, shore pine, spruce pine
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
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