English Explanatory Dictionary

pine tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus

Word forms

pine tree pine trees pine-tree pinetree

Etymology

From Middle English pine tre, pynetre, pyne tree, pyn-tree, pintreow, from Old English pīntrēow (“pine tree”), also as pīnbēam (“pine tree”, literally “pine-beam”), equivalent to pine + tree. Compare West Frisian pynbeam (“pinetree”), Dutch pijnboom (“pine tree”).

Synonyms

pine
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