Main Entry: ¹pine

Pronunciation: \ˈpīn\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys pine

Date: before 12th century

1 : any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
2 : the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine
3 : any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria)
4 : pineapple
5 : bench 1c

— pin·ey also piny \ˈpī-nē\ adjective