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  Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
     1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
        Pinus.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
           white+pine+({Pinus+Strobus" rel="nofollow">States, of which the white pine ({Pinus Strobus),
           Georgia+pine+({Pinus+australis" rel="nofollow">the Georgia pine ({Pinus australis), the red pine
           ({Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar
           pine ({Pinus Lambertiana}) are among the most
           valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
           Norway+or+Riga+pine+({Pinus+sylvestris" rel="nofollow">Norway or Riga pine ({Pinus sylvestris), is the
           only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
           or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
           Pinon.
           [1913 Webster] The spruces, firs, larches, and true
           cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
           commonly assigned to other genera.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The wood of the pine tree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A pineapple.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
  
     Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
        the Araucaria excelsa.
  
     Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
        with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
     Pine borer (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
        pine trees.
  
     Pine finch. (Zo["o]l.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
        
  
     Pine grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
        enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both
        hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
        red.
  
     Pine lizard (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
        lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
        States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
        alligator.
  
     Pine marten. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes), called also
            sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
        (b) The American sable. See Sable.
  
     Pine moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
        tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
        burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
        doing great damage.
  
     Pine mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
        pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
        forests.
  
     Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
        of a pine tree. See Pinus.
  
     Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
  
     Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
        and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
        
  
     Pine snake (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
        snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered
        with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
        bull+snake.+The+Western+pine+snake+({Pituophis+Sayi" rel="nofollow">bull snake. The Western pine snake ({Pituophis Sayi) is
        chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
     Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
  
     Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
        seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
        figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the pine
        tree shilling.
  
     Pine weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
        Several species are known in both Europe and America,
        belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
  
     Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
        them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
        Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
        arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and pine-wood
        wool.
        [1913 Webster]

  Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
     1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
        Pinus.
  
     Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
           white+pine+({P.+Strobus" rel="nofollow">States, of which the white pine ({P. Strobus), the
           Georgia+pine+({P.+australis" rel="nofollow">Georgia pine ({P. australis), the red pine ({P.
           resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine ({P.
           Lambertiana) are among the most valuable. The Scotch
           pine or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine
           ({Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The
           nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
           bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. The spruces,
           firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
           considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
           genera.
  
     2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
     3. A pineapple.
  
     Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
  
     Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
        the Araucaria excelsa.
  
     Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
        with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
     Pine borer (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
        pine trees.
  
     Pine finch. (Zo["o]l.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
        
  
     Pine grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
        enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both
        hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
        red.
  
     Pine lizard (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
        lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
        States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
        alligator.
  
     Pine marten. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes), called also
            sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
        (b) The American sable. See Sable.
  
     Pine moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
        tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
        burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
        doing great damage.
  
     Pine mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
        pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
        forests.
  
     Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
        of a pine tree. See Pinus.
  
     Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
  
     Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
        and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
        
  
     Pine snake (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
        snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered
        with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
        bull+snake.+The+Western+pine+snake+({P.+Sayi" rel="nofollow">bull snake. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi) is
        chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
     Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
  
     Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
        seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
        figure of a pine tree.
  
     Pine weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
        weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
        Several species are known in both Europe and America,
        belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
  
     Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
        them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
        Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
        arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and pine-wood
        wool.

  pine weevil
     n.
     (taxlink Hylobius abietis species ver=190303), a species of weevil
  that can cause damage on young spruce seedlings.

  pine weevil
     n.
     (taxlink Hylobius abietis species ver=190303), a species of weevil
  that can cause damage on young spruce seedlings.

  pine weevil
     n.
     (taxlink Hylobius abietis species ver=190303), a species of weevil
  that can cause damage on young spruce seedlings.

  pine weevil
     n.
     (taxlink Hylobius abietis species ver=190303), a species of weevil
  that can cause damage on young spruce seedlings.

  pine weevil
     Englanti n.
     tukkimiehentäi

  pine weevil /pˈaɪn wˈiːvəl/ 
  tukkimiehentäi
  species of weevil