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whitebark

whitebark noun: the North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.

Noun

whitebark (plural whitebarks)

  1. The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
    • But the seeds of the whitebark pine, the pine nuts, feed Clark’s nutcracker birds; red squirrels, which store the nuts underground; and grizzly bears.2007 January 30, Charles Petit, “In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It”, in New York Times

Forms of whitebark

pluralwhitebarks

Origin of whitebark

From white + bark.

Words formed from whitebark

Phrases with whitebark

Questions about whitebark

What does whitebark mean?
Whitebark means the North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
What part of speech is whitebark?
Whitebark is a noun.
What is the plural of whitebark?
The plural of whitebark is whitebarks.

Words near whitebark in the dictionary

  1. whitebaiter
  2. whitebaiters
  3. whitebaiting
  4. whitebaits
  5. Whiteball
  6. whitebark
  7. whitebark pine
  8. whitebark pines
  9. whitebark raspberries
  10. whitebark raspberry
  11. whitebarks

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