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norway pine

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red pine

–noun
1. a pine, Pinus resinosa, of northeastern North America, having needles in groups of two and reddish bark.
2. the wood of this tree, valued as timber.
Also called Norway pine.


Origin:
1800–10, Americanism
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Norway pine  
n.  See red pine.

[After Norway, a town of southwest Maine.]
red pine  
n.  An evergreen timber tree (Pinus resinosa) of northeast North America, having long flexible glossy leaves grouped in fascicles of two. Also called Norway pine.
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