Definition of Pine family

1. Noun. A family of Pinaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pine Family

pindling
pindolol
pindone
pindown
pindownable
pindowns
pine-barren sandwort
pine-crowned
pine-needle oil
pine-tar rag
pine-weed
pine away
pine cone
pine cones
pine family (current term)
pine fern
pine finch
pine green
pine grosbeak
pine hyacinth
pine knot
pine leaf aphid
pine lily
pine lizard
pine marten
pine martens
pine mouse
pine needle
pine nut

Literary usage of Pine family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1902)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs with resinous juice. Leaves commonly needle-shaped or awl-shaped, and mostly evergreen. Flowers monoecious or sometimes ..."

2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs, typically with one main mast-like axis which bears laterally successive whorls of much-branched limbs. ..."

3. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The pine family is of especial economic value on account of the ... The members of the pine family have awl-shaped, scale-shaped, or needle-shaped entire ..."

4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... pine family. Trees or shrubs, with wood of homogeneous fiber (no ducts), resinous juice, commonly needle-shaped or awl-shaped leaves (mostly evergreen), ..."

5. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series by Marcius Willson (1863)
"IN the cone-bearing, or pine family, exogenous plants assume a new character, in having their seeds uncovered. Like the elm, willow, and birch, ..."

6. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1902)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs with resinous juice. Leaves commonly needle-shaped or awl-shaped, and mostly evergreen. Flowers monoecious or sometimes ..."

7. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"pine family. Trees or shrubs, typically with one main mast-like axis which bears laterally successive whorls of much-branched limbs. ..."

8. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The pine family is of especial economic value on account of the ... The members of the pine family have awl-shaped, scale-shaped, or needle-shaped entire ..."

9. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... pine family. Trees or shrubs, with wood of homogeneous fiber (no ducts), resinous juice, commonly needle-shaped or awl-shaped leaves (mostly evergreen), ..."

10. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series by Marcius Willson (1863)
"IN the cone-bearing, or pine family, exogenous plants assume a new character, in having their seeds uncovered. Like the elm, willow, and birch, ..."

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