| 释义 |
lodgepole pine
noun
also lodgepole
: either of two pines of western No. America that have needles in pairs and short ovoid usually asymmetric cones:
a. : a scrubby coastal pine (Pinus contorta) with thick deeply furrowed bark and hard strong coarse-grained medium-light wood — called also beach pine
b. : a taller straight pine of the interior that has thin and little-furrowed bark and soft weak fine-grained lightweight wood and that is usually considered to be a variety (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) of the coastal lodgepole though sometimes treated as a separate species (P. murrayana) |