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pine

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Main Entry:
1pine Listen to the pronunciation of 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 Listen to the pronunciation of piny \ˈpī-nē\ adjective
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