hoop pine
hoop pine noun: araucaria cunninghamii, a tree of eastern Australia and New Guinea.
Noun
hoop pine (plural hoop pines)
- Araucaria cunninghamii, a tree of eastern Australia and New Guinea.
- The key colour is green, and of a particular density: the green of mangroves along the riverbanks, of Moreton Bay figs, of the big trees that are natives of this corner of Queensland, the shapely hoop-pines and bunyas that still dominate the skyline along every river.1984, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 6
- Kerry floated on her back in the Caledonian River, looking skyward through the limbs of Granny Ava's hoop pine.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 27
Forms of hoop pine
| plural | hoop pines |
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Origin of hoop pine
The tree's bark has horizontal bands resembling hoops (compare image).
Questions about hoop pine
- What does hoop pine mean?
- Hoop pine means araucaria cunninghamii, a tree of eastern Australia and New Guinea.
- What part of speech is hoop pine?
- Hoop pine is a noun.
- What is the plural of hoop pine?
- The plural of hoop pine is hoop pines.
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