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Definition: Pituophis melanoleucus
Pituophis melanoleucus
n : bull snake of western North America that invades rodent
burrows [syn:
gopher snake]
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Definition: Pituophis melanoleucus
Pine
\Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus
Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the
white pine (
Pinus Strobus),
the
Georgia pine (
Pinus australis), the
red pine
(
Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast
sugar pine
(
Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The
Scotch pine or
fir, also called
Norway or
Riga pine (
Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The
nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under
Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the
Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zo["o]l.) See
Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak (
Pinicola enucleator
), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (
Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also
swift,
brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European weasel (
Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and
yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See
Sable.
Pine moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus
Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse (
Arvicola pinetorum
), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See
Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See
Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
snake (
Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered
with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
bull snake. The Western pine snake (
Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus
Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the
pine tree shilling
.
Pine weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
Several species are known in both Europe and America,
belonging to the genera
Pissodes,
Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also
pine-needle wool, and
pine-wood wool
.
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