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Georgia pine

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. Synonyms: longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, pitch pine, southern yellow pine.

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... large, clumsy colt at her side; then admired beautiful stallions with fiery eyes and arching necks; also the superb carriage-horses, and the sleek, strong work animals. Their stalls were finely finished in Georgia pine. Soon afterward, Bobsey went wild over the fat little Essex pigs, black as coals, but making the whitest and ...

— Driven Back to Eden • E. P. Roe

... "will we build this ship! Lay square the blocks upon the slip, And follow well this plan of mine. Choose the timbers with greatest care; Of all that is unsound beware; For only what is sound and strong To this vessel shall belong. Cedar of Maine and Georgia pine Here together shall combine. A goodly frame, and a goodly fame, And the UNION be her name! For the day that gives her to the sea Shall give my ...

— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck

Words linked to "Georgia pine" : longleaf pine, pitch pine, yellow pine, Pinus palustris, southern yellow pine