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bristlecone pine
noun
bris·tle·cone pine
ˈbri-səl-ˌkōn- 
: any of three pines (Pinus aristata, P. balfouriana, and P. longaeva) of the western U.S. that include the oldest living trees
called also bristlecone
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In addition to the ancient bristlecone pines, there is unique wildlife here, including bighorn sheep, endangered trout, marmots, and a tiny rodent known as a pika.
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
The four-mile trail passes through groves of Great Basin bristlecone pines, with trunks weathered by centuries of snow and sun.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
There were bristlecone pines, bald cypresses, and giant sequoias—trees that had swayed through sun and storm for hundreds, even thousands of years.
—Air Mail, 14 June 2025
And there are many other old-growth forests across the continent – including northeastern spruce fir and northern hardwoods forests, Great Lakes red pine and jack pine woodlands, southern Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests, and Great Basin bristlecone pines reaching nearly 5,000 years old.
—Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
The four-mile trail passes through groves of Great Basin bristlecone pines, with trunks weathered by centuries of snow and sun.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
There were bristlecone pines, bald cypresses, and giant sequoias—trees that had swayed through sun and storm for hundreds, even thousands of years.
—Air Mail, 14 June 2025
And there are many other old-growth forests across the continent – including northeastern spruce fir and northern hardwoods forests, Great Lakes red pine and jack pine woodlands, southern Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests, and Great Basin bristlecone pines reaching nearly 5,000 years old.
—Reed Frederick Noss, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Bristlecone pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bristlecone%20pine. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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bristlecone pine
noun
bris·tle·cone pine
ˌbris-əl-ˌkōn-
: either of two pines of the western U.S. that include the oldest living trees
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