单词 | bristlecone pine |
释义 | bristlecone pine (once / 1969886 pages) n WORD FAMILY bristlecone pine USAGE EXAMPLESOn the way down, I had spent some time in the shadow of an ancient bristlecone pine. The New Yorker(Nov 15, 2016) But most people know the beloved bristlecone pine by another name: Prometheus. Washington Times(May 27, 2016) This Earth Day, we celebrate the world’s oldest known tree, a Great Basin bristlecone pine, which turns 4,847 or so this year. New York Times(Apr 22, 2016) n small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old Syn|Hyper Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine pine, pine tree, true pine a coniferous tree |
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