| 单词 | hickory pine |
| 释义 | > as lemmashickory pine hickory pine n. either of two American pines with relatively hard or tough wood, the bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, of the western United States, and the Table Mountain pine, P. pungens, of the eastern United States. [Probably so called because of some traits (such as the wood or bark) resembling those of the hickory tree.] ΚΠ 1875 G. Engelmann in Gardener's Monthly June 184/1 Only one mountain pine, for which I would propose the name of the hickory pine, the toughest and hardest of all, don't seem to care to leave its high rocky slopes for the more sheltered and more fertile valley. 1908 M. Going With the Trees 211 The ‘hickory pine’, of California..remains for years with its peculiarly hard scales firmly plastered down with resin. 1992 Amer. Forests July 24/1 Known by many names—hickory pine, poverty pine, prickly pine—Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens) is an Appalachian endemic. 2017 L. Powell Genus Pinus v. 93/1 In addition to its informal and regional names, the trees are referred to as the foxtail pine or hickory pine. < as lemmas |
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