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pencil pines

pencil pines is the plural of pencil pine.

Meaning of pencil pine

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.

Questions about pencil pines

What is pencil pines the plural of?
Pencil pines is the plural of pencil pine.

Words near pencil pines in the dictionary

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

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