'Pitch pine' definitions:
Definition of 'pitch pine'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree [syn: longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine, Georgia pine, Pinus palustris]
noun
Large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine [syn: pitch pine, northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida]
Definition of 'Pitch pine'
From: GCIDE
- Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
- 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. [1913 Webster]
- He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone. [1913 Webster]
- Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri.
- Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.
- Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum.
- Jew's pitch, bitumen.
- Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.
- Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.
- Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster.
- Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America. [1913 Webster]