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white pine

–noun
1. a large, irregularly branched pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern North America, having gray bark and yielding a light-colored, soft, light wood of great commercial importance.
2. the wood itself.
3. any of various other similar species of pine.

Origin:
1675–85, Americanism
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white pine  
n.  
  1. A timber tree (Pinus strobus) of eastern North America, having needles in clusters of five and durable, easily worked wood.

  2. The wood of this tree.

  3. Any of several other pines having needles in clusters of five.

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