yellow pine

noun

1
: any of several North American pines (such as a Ponderosa pine or longleaf pine) with yellowish wood
2
: the wood of a yellow pine

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The summit along State Route 264, which stretches from Gallup, N.M., through Window Rock, Ganado, and ends near Tuba City, is also dotted with ponderosa, oak, yellow pine, blackjack pine, piñon, cedar and juniper trees. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024 Deltec uses hefty southern yellow pine as timber, the extra-sturdy pieces sawn from the heart of these trees. Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 9 July 2024 Baltimore is the northernmost city where valuable old-growth yellow pine can be salvaged, for example. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023 Baltimore is a brick city but this pair (there were once a row of eight) of oak and yellow pine structures, with cypress shingles, beat the odds of fire and development. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for yellow pine 

Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of yellow pine was in 1709

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“Yellow pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20pine. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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