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