bristlecone pine

Noun

Meaning

small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Pinus aristata Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine douglas fir eastern white pine ponderosa pine lodgepole pine incense cedar Monterey pine loblolly pine longleaf pine slash pine Jeffrey pine Engelmann spruce knobcone pine jack pine
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Hypernyms

pine pine tree true pine

Examples

No matter what adversities a Bristlecone pine faces, it adapts to its harsh surroundings and lives thousands of years. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bristlebird bristlecone bristlecone fir bristlecone pines bristled bristled grassbird