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pencil pine

pencil pine noun: athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania.

Noun

pencil pine (plural pencil pines)

  1. Athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania.
    • The fire began spreading & the surrounding pencil pines & then the forest beyond was in flames […].2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 385
  2. Cupressus sempervirens, a cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and widely planted as an ornamental.

Forms of pencil pine

pluralpencil pines

Origin of pencil pine

From its narrow, pointed shape.

Questions about pencil pine

What does pencil pine mean?
Pencil pine means athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania.
What part of speech is pencil pine?
Pencil pine is a noun.
What is the plural of pencil pine?
The plural of pencil pine is pencil pines.

Words near pencil pine in the dictionary

  1. pencil neck
  2. pencil necks
  3. pencil out
  4. pencil parer
  5. pencil parers
  6. pencil pine
  7. pencil pines
  8. pencil pleat
  9. pencil pleats
  10. pencil pointer
  11. pencil pointers

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