scrub pine

noun

: a pine of dwarf, straggly, or scrubby growth usually by reason of environmental conditions

specifically : a pine tree unsuitable for lumber by reason of inferior or defective growth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

One of Mashpee’s largest is Santuit Pond, roughly 170 acres of water surrounded by houses set on hills dotted with beech and scrub pine. —Christopher Flavelle Sophie Park, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023

There are islands of normal ground among the deep dunes, where scrub pine trees and other vegetation have held the soil in place, showing just how much dirt and rock has been eaten away at the site. —Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 9 Dec. 2021

Tom Mix and Harry Houdini once lived there among the quail and scrub pine and coyotes. —Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above