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sugar pine

–noun
a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 in. (51 cm) long.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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sugar pine  
n.  A tall evergreen timber tree (Pinus lambertiana) of the Pacific coast of North America, having needles with white lines on the back that are grouped in fascicles of five.
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